Wassermeyer Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Wassermeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wassermeyer 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
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Austria121:709,62061,025
England61:9,286,343223,652
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wassermeyer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wassermeyer is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wassermeyer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,967,751st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Wassermeyer is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wassermeyer live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Wassermeyer is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 13 percent live and England, where 7 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
Wassermyer950/
Wassermeier9140/
Wassermayer912/
Wassermayr8619/
Waßermeyer866/
Wassermaier8212/
Wassermair7670/
Vasermayer761/
Wachermayer731/
Wachermayr6719/
Weisermeir670/
Wochermeier648/
Wochermayr5732/
Wazirmiyar571/
Wochermaier5522/
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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 Wassermeyer
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