van der Mer Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
van der Mer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 32 | 1:550,515 | 13,718 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van der Mer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Mer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Mer is more frequently found in Chile than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Mer? popularity and diffusion
The surname van der Mer is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of van der Mer are found; 83 percent are found in South America and 76 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.
The last name is most commonly used in Chile, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 550,515. In Chile it is most numerous in: O'Higgins Region, where 75 percent are found, Maule Region, where 9 percent are found and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Chile it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Meer | 96 | 25,067 | / |
| van der Mere | 96 | 15 | / |
| van der Mier | 96 | 1 | / |
| van de Mer | 95 | 1 | / |
| van der Meere | 92 | 17 | / |
| van der Mheer | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Mey | 91 | 938 | / |
| van der Mee | 91 | 565 | / |
| van der Mei | 91 | 517 | / |
| van de Meer | 91 | 86 | / |
| van de Mert | 91 | 54 | / |
| van der Mir | 91 | 2 | / |
| van der Meu | 91 | 1 | / |
| van de Mier | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Meij | 87 | 3,942 | / |
| van der Mije | 87 | 225 | / |
| van der Meys | 87 | 101 | / |
| van der Meet | 87 | 40 | / |
| van der Mech | 87 | 14 | / |
| von der Meer | 87 | 10 | / |
| van der Meis | 87 | 8 | / |
| van der Moir | 87 | 4 | / |
| van der Mest | 87 | 2 | / |
| van der Meid | 87 | 2 | / |
| van de Meert | 87 | 1 | / |
| van der Ma | 86 | 1 | / |
| van de Mey | 86 | 1 | / |
| van der Meijs | 83 | 974 | / |
| van der Mesch | 83 | 1 | / |
| van de Meij | 82 | 5 | / |
| Van-Der-Mer | 82 | 3 | / |
| von der Mey | 82 | 3 | / |
| van der Mij | 82 | 2 | / |
| van der Mescht | 80 | 2,933 | / |
| van de Ma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Meer | 78 | 8 | / |
| van der Maai | 78 | 5 | / |
| van der Mais | 78 | 1 | / |
| van der Mijs | 78 | 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
- 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 van der Mer
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