ter Meer Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ter Meer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

ter Meer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3851:43,8637,464
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

ter Meer Last Name Facts

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

ter Meer is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name ter Meer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 683,026th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of ter Meer reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 43,863. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 32 percent are found, Gelderland, where 18 percent are found and South Holland, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands ter Meer occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

ter Meer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of ter Meer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the ter Meer last name rose 110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

ter Meer Last Name Statistics demography

ter Meer earn a lot less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 45.41% less than the national average, earning $12,393,800 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
ter Mere881/
ter Metz7536/
ter Meij751/
te Mey716/
te Mme712/
te Mei711/
te Meij6770/
ter May672/
te May572/
te Mai571/

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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 ter Meer
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