Meerwijk Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Meerwijk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 241 | 1:70,071 | 11,928 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Meerwijk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerwijk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meerwijk has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerwijk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meerwijk is the 1,017,412th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Meerwijk occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Meerwijk are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Meerwijk is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 70,071. In The Netherlands Meerwijk is most prevalent in: Utrecht, where 46 percent live, North Holland, where 21 percent live and South Holland, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Suriname, where 2 percent live and Hong Kong, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merwijk | 93 | 12 | / |
| Moerwijk | 88 | 8 | / |
| Merwick | 80 | 111 | / |
| Marwijk | 80 | 39 | / |
| Meerwyk | 80 | 12 | / |
| Mierzwik | 75 | 74 | / |
| Mejervik | 75 | 1 | / |
| Merwaiak | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mearwick | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mervik | 71 | 23 | / |
| Marwik | 71 | 14 | / |
| Merwyk | 71 | 9 | / |
| Merwig | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mierzwick | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meyerweck | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mayerwick | 71 | 1 | / |
| Merwic | 71 | 0 | / |
| Marwick | 67 | 1,699 | / |
| Morwick | 67 | 143 | / |
| Myrwick | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mervick | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mörwick | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mirzwik | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Meerwijk
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