von Meier Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

von Meier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Meier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

von Meier Last Name Facts

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

The last name von Meier is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of von Meier reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname von Meier is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States von Meier is most prevalent in: California, where 29 percent reside, Illinois, where 29 percent reside and Minnesota, where 29 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 38 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Meer9423/
von Meyer89203/
van Meier892/
von Maier891/
van Meer822,464/
van Meir82542/
van Mier8252/
von Meur822/
von Myer820/
von Mayer7846/
van Meyer7810/
von Mauer781/
van Meire781/
Von-Meyer781/
van Moer711,085/
Van-Meir7124/
von Maur7121/
von Mayr714/
Van-Meer713/
van Meur711/
van Mayer675/
Von-Mayer671/
van Meure670/
van Major561/

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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 Meier
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