von Laer Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

von Laer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Laer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

von Laer Last Name Facts

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

The surname von Laer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

von Laer is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of von Laer reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name von Laer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 3,096,364. In Germany it is most frequent in: Berlin, where 77 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside and Bavaria, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 38 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Lauer941/
von Laehr940/
van Laer883,232/
von Leer882/
von Lier881/
van Laere823,956/
van Lauer821/
von Laure821/
von Loe805/
van Laerre781/
van Lier753,975/
van Leur75938/
van Leer75706/
van Lear7578/
Van-Laer7540/
van Laet7510/
van Leir751/
van Laur750/
van Laeys7139/
Van-Laere714/
van Loe6746/
von Loesch6718/
van Loey63168/
Van-Lier6315/
Van-Leur632/
Van-Leer632/
van Luir631/
van Loeij5910/
Van-Laeys592/
van Looi5013/

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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
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  • 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 Laer
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