Soer Surname
Approximately 2,005 people bear this surname
Soer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 920 | 1:18,356 | 2,858 |
| Cambodia | 380 | 1:40,756 | 1,706 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| United States | 117 | 1:3,097,940 | 179,693 |
| South Africa | 112 | 1:483,730 | 39,862 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Sõer (46) are calculated separately.
Soer (677) may also be a first name.
Soer Demographics
Soer Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Soer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soer is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sõer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 206,654th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,634,686 people. Soer is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Soer reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Soer is also the 318,411th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 677 people.
This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 920 people, or 1 in 18,356. In The Netherlands Soer is most common in: Overijssel, where 31 percent live, Drenthe, where 18 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Soer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Soer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Soer surname rose 532 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 443 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Soer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Soer last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Soer surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Soer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.49% more than the national average, earning R 424,164 per year; in United States they earn 13.9% less than the national average, earning $37,151 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.21% more than the national average, earning $63,203 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 Soer
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