Peters-Meyer Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Peters-Meyer Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Peters & Meyer.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Peters-Meyer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Peters-Meyer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peters-Meyer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Peters-Meyer occurs most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Peters-Meyer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peters-Meyer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Peters-Meyer is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Peters-Meyer live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Peters-Meyer is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Peters-Meyer is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent live and Hesse, where 26 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent live and Luxembourg, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Petersmeyer96213/
Petters-Meier885/
Petersmeier87119/
Petersamer8231/
Petersmeir820/
Petersammer785/
Peters-Moore753/
Peters-Omaruaye741/
Pedraza-Meyer721/
Peters Moura672/
Pedroso Mayer642/
Pitter-Seymour621/
Petrusmaria616/
Pedroso Mayr581/
Pedroso Mora502/
Pedroso Mira502/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Peters-Meyer
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