von Mayer Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

von Mayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Mayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

von Mayer Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Mayer occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of von Mayer reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

von Mayer is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa von Mayer is most common in: Gauteng, where 43 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 36 percent are found and Western Cape, where 18 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

von Mayer Last Name Statistics demography

von Mayer earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.85% more than the national average, earning R 275,292 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Mayr944/
von Myer940/
von Meyer89203/
van Mayer895/
Von-Mayer891/
von Maier891/
von Mauer891/
von Meer8223/
von Maur8221/
von Meur822/
von Meier7816/
van Meyer7810/
Von-Meyer781/
van Meer712,464/
van Moer711,085/
van Meir71542/
van Mier7152/
van Meur711/
van Meier672/
van Major671/
van Meire671/
van Meure670/
Van-Meir5924/
Van-Meer593/

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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 Mayer
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