van ter Meij Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van ter Meij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van ter Meij Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France11:66,422,722504,397

van ter Meij Last Name Facts

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

The surname van ter Meij occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van ter Meij? popularity and diffusion

van ter Meij is the 3,100,440th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of van ter Meij live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname van ter Meij is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands van ter Meij is most common in: Limburg, where 32 percent live, North Holland, where 32 percent live and South Holland, where 30 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Termeij9635/
van der Meij923,942/
vander Meij877/
van ter Mey873/
van der Mij872/
Vandermeij8225/
Vander-Meij781/

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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 ter Meij
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