von Heyer Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

von Heyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Heyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

von Heyer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name von Heyer Come From? nationality or country of origin

von Heyer is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of von Heyer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name von Heyer? popularity and diffusion

von Heyer is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. von Heyer occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of von Heyer live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name von Heyer is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa von Heyer is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent live and Scotland, where 5 percent live.

von Heyer Last Name Statistics demography

von Heyer earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.95% more than the national average, earning R 384,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Hoyer8934/
von Geyer896/
von Heuer891/
van Heer82102/
von Geyr828/
von Euer823/
von Egger7817/
van Eer75241/
van Heur71190/
von Auer7113/
van Hear712/
Van-Heer712/
van Haer711/
van Huer710/
van Hauer679/
Van-Eer631/
van Goer5930/
van Eart591/
van Haur591/
van Auer590/
van Ogier561/

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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 von Heyer
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