Overmeyer Surname
Approximately 2,002 people bear this surname
Overmeyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 968 | 1:55,969 | 7,103 |
| Germany | 590 | 1:136,450 | 16,592 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Övermeyer (55) are calculated separately.
Overmeyer Demographics
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Overmeyer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Overmeyer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Overmeyer is found most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms: Övermeyer. Click here for other possible spellings of Overmeyer.
How Common Is The Last Name Overmeyer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 206,890th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,640,133 people. Overmeyer is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Overmeyer live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 968 people, or 1 in 55,969. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 85 percent are found, Gauteng, where 6 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Overmeyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Overmeyer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Overmeyer last name expanded 479 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Overmeyer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Overmeyer last name are 28.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.53% being registered with the political party.
The amount Overmeyer earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 7.44% more than the national average, earning R 255,324 per year; in United States they earn 0.41% more than the national average, earning $43,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning $60,281 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Övermeyer | 96 | 55 | / |
| Oevermeyer | 95 | 20 | / |
| Oovermeyer | 95 | 1 | / |
| Overmyer | 94 | 2,735 | / |
| Overmeer | 94 | 585 | / |
| Overmeyr | 94 | 1 | / |
| Obermeyer | 89 | 5,135 | / |
| Overmoyer | 89 | 135 | / |
| Overmeier | 89 | 79 | / |
| Avermeyer | 89 | 67 | / |
| Overmayer | 89 | 10 | / |
| Overmiyer | 89 | 3 | / |
| Evermeyer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Havermeyer | 84 | 14 | / |
| O'Bermeyer | 84 | 3 | / |
| Obermeyerr | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hobermeyer | 84 | 1 | / |
| Overmier | 82 | 407 | / |
| Obermyer | 82 | 103 | / |
| Obermeyr | 82 | 16 | / |
| Overmeir | 82 | 5 | / |
| Overmuer | 82 | 1 | / |
| Evermeyr | 82 | 0 | / |
| Obermeier | 78 | 13,212 | / |
| Obermayer | 78 | 3,019 | / |
| Overmeire | 78 | 218 | / |
| Obermiyer | 78 | 30 | / |
| Obermyier | 78 | 1 | / |
| Overmouer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Havermyer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Obermejer | 78 | 1 | / |
| Obermoyer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Abermeyer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Obermeyre | 78 | 0 | / |
| Habermeyer | 74 | 387 | / |
| Havermeier | 74 | 26 | / |
| Hobermayer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Obermmeier | 74 | 1 | / |
| Obermayr | 71 | 2,133 | / |
| Obermier | 71 | 194 | / |
| Obermeir | 71 | 169 | / |
| Obermaer | 71 | 5 | / |
| Obermear | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obermaier | 67 | 6,015 | / |
| Obermajer | 67 | 393 | / |
| Obermauer | 67 | 40 | / |
| Obermayerová | 67 | 14 | / |
| Habermyer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obermeierová | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obermájer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obermeire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obermayerova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obermayar | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Overmeyer
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