Overmeir Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Overmeir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overmeir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Overmeir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overmeir has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Overmeir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Overmeir is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Overmeir reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands Overmeir is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 50 percent reside and South Holland, where 50 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Belgium, where 20 percent reside.

Overmeir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Overmeir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Overmeir surname contracted 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Overmeir
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