van Mayer Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Norway

van Mayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Mayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

van Mayer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Mayer Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Mayer is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Mayer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of van Mayer are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 40 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil van Mayer is primarily concentrated in: Acre, where 50 percent are found and Mato Grosso, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Mayer8946/
van Meyer8910/
van Meer822,464/
van Moer821,085/
van Meir82542/
van Mier8252/
von Mayr824/
van Meur821/
von Myer820/
von Meyer78203/
van Meier782/
van Meire781/
Von-Mayer781/
van Major781/
von Maier781/
von Mauer781/
van Meure780/
Van-Meir7124/
von Meer7123/
von Maur7121/
Van-Meer713/
Van-Moer712/
von Meur712/
von Meier6716/
Von-Meyer671/

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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 Mayer
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