Meurs Surname
Approximately 3,878 people bear this surname
Meurs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,422 | 1:6,972 | 803 |
| Belgium | 703 | 1:16,354 | 2,505 |
| United States | 199 | 1:1,821,402 | 119,204 |
| Germany | 197 | 1:408,657 | 37,472 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Meurs Demographics
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Meurs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meurs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meurs is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meurs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meurs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 118,604th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,879,202 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Meurs are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Meurs is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,422 people, or 1 in 6,972. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 35 percent are found, North Holland, where 15 percent are found and South Holland, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands Meurs occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Meurs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meurs has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,421 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 383 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meurs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meurs surname are 25.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.09% registered with the party.
The amount Meurs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 150.47% more than the national average, earning R 595,212 per year; in United States they earn 0.15% more than the national average, earning $43,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.39% less than the national average, earning $44,026 CAD per year.
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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 Meurs
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