van der Mere Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
van der Mere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
van der Mere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Mere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van der Mere occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Mere? popularity and diffusion
The last name van der Mere is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname van der Mere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of van der Mere reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa van der Mere is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 90 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van der Moere | 96 | 134 | / |
| van der Mer | 96 | 42 | / |
| van der Meere | 96 | 17 | / |
| van der Meer | 92 | 25,067 | / |
| van de Moere | 92 | 114 | / |
| van der Mier | 92 | 1 | / |
| van de Mer | 91 | 1 | / |
| van der Mheer | 88 | 1 | / |
| van de Meer | 87 | 86 | / |
| van de Mert | 87 | 54 | / |
| van der Mir | 87 | 2 | / |
| van de Mier | 87 | 1 | / |
| van de More | 87 | 1 | / |
| von der Meer | 83 | 10 | / |
| van der Moir | 83 | 4 | / |
| van de Meert | 83 | 1 | / |
| Van-Der-Mer | 78 | 3 | / |
| Van-Der-Meer | 75 | 8 | / |
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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 Mere
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