Lemeyer Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lemeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Lemeyer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lemeyer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lemeyer occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemeyer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Lemeyer live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.

Lemeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lemeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lemeyer surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lemeyer
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