Meiring Surname
Approximately 9,922 people bear this surname
Meiring Surname Definition:
(1) Place name in Switzerland, Meiringen. (2) “Door-Keeper” in Old French (Meiring)
Meiring Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,455 | 1:6,408 | 822 |
| United States | 651 | 1:556,773 | 45,921 |
| Germany | 270 | 1:298,168 | 30,684 |
| England | 118 | 1:472,187 | 30,747 |
| Australia | 80 | 1:337,446 | 28,659 |
| Netherlands | 73 | 1:231,331 | 30,466 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Namibia | 9 | 1:267,711 | 10,023 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
Meiring (96) may also be a first name.
Meiring Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) Place name in Switzerland, Meiringen. (2) “Door-Keeper” in Old French (Meiring)
Meiring Demographics
Average Male Meiring Height
177.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Meiring Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiring Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meiring is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meiring.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiring? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meiring is the 51,643rd most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 734,484 people. Meiring is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Meiring reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 96 people.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 8,455 people, or 1 in 6,408. In South Africa Meiring is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 29 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.
Meiring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meiring has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meiring last name expanded 2,034 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meiring Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meiring last name are 14.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.11% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Meiring earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.64% more than the national average, earning R 403,140 per year; in United States they earn 2.46% less than the national average, earning $42,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.85% less than the national average, earning $38,328 CAD per year.
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