Ortmeyer Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Ortmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
Germany1751:460,03140,524
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Ortmeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ortmeyer is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ortmeyer.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortmeyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ortmeyer is the 661,581st most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Ortmeyer are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 1,510,246. In The United States Ortmeyer is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 57 percent are found, Nebraska, where 6 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 39 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Ortmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ortmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ortmeyer last name increased 706 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ortmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ortmeyer surname are 3.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.76% registered with the political party.

The amount Ortmeyer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.34% more than the national average, earning $48,905 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.74% more than the national average, earning $62,469 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 Ortmeyer
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