van Meyer Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
van Meyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
van Meyer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meyer Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Meyer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meyer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name van Meyer is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of van Meyer live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany van Meyer is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 25 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found. Other than Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meer | 94 | 2,464 | / |
| von Meyer | 89 | 203 | / |
| van Mayer | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Meier | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Moer | 82 | 1,085 | / |
| van Meir | 82 | 542 | / |
| van Mier | 82 | 52 | / |
| von Meer | 82 | 23 | / |
| Van-Meer | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Meur | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Myer | 82 | 0 | / |
| von Mayer | 78 | 46 | / |
| von Meier | 78 | 16 | / |
| van Meire | 78 | 1 | / |
| Von-Meyer | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Meure | 78 | 0 | / |
| Van-Meir | 71 | 24 | / |
| von Mayr | 71 | 4 | / |
| Van-Moer | 71 | 2 | / |
| von Meur | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Major | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Maier | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Mauer | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Maur | 59 | 21 | / |
| Von-Mayer | 56 | 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 Meyer
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