Meekers Surname

490,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Meekers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meekers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5531:20,7903,214
Netherlands891:189,74426,758
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Malta41:107,5681,849
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Meekers Last Name Facts

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

Meekers occurs most in Belgium. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meekers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 490,615th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. Meekers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Meekers reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 20,790. In Belgium Meekers is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Walloon Region, where 9 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Belgium this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Meekers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Meekers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meekers last name rose 140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meekers Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Meekers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.11% more than the national average, earning R 382,860 per year and in United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meeckers9327/
Mekers92277/
Meskers86411/
Mekkers8646/
Meckers865/
Meakers861/
Mekrs834/
Moeckers801/
Mykers7721/
Makers7714/
Mikers779/
Mecers771/
Mikkers71660/
Mockers71356/
Mickers71124/
Mackers7145/
Makkers7112/
Mechers711/
Mekerze711/
Moeckars671/
Makars6273/
Makirs628/
Mokars621/
Mackars576/
Mikiors574/
Michers572/
Makarsh571/
Macoers571/
Mecreze571/
MacKors570/
Mikerch570/
Macquers532/
Meukirch531/

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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
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  • 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 Meekers
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