Meer is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Meer
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Meer

How popular is Meer?

Meer is common in Bangladesh.

Meer is ranked 4925 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Meers plummeted by 1.714286 per cent to 688 since 2000 and slipped by 1940 spots and ranked at 33241. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.49 86.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 17.88 8.57
Hispanic or Latino 1.45 0
Others 1.16 3.29
Meer is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies that it is originated from Pakistan. Around 110722 people have been found who wears Meer as their family name. Meer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318 China8
13,220 Thailand6
10,202 Egypt5
16,861 Iran4
3,861 Syria3
3,224 Afghanistan3
6,706 Lebanon3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
723,167 Indonesia2
95,312 Argentina2
18,625 Japan2
12,161 Wales2
28,083 Romania2
17,547 Colombia2
21,929 Algeria2
34,681 Norway2
14,004 Hungary2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
7,198 Maldives1
50,549 Georgia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
14,618 Guyana1
90,903 Moldova1
29,774 Venezuela1
9,498 Iceland1
42,479 Greece1
1,819 Laos1
12,745 Luxembourg1
17,236 Ghana1
38,830 Morocco1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
5,872 Namibia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
3,243 Suriname1
801 Cape Verde1
21,562 Portugal1
37,493 Austria1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
33,012 Belgium45
30,154 Belarus40
26,164 Sweden36
9,692 Ireland27
21,901 Chile27
14,963 Scotland26
66,739 Spain24
11,685 Singapore24
24,534 New Zealand17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,566 Qatar97
67,110 Italy90
29,457 Australia78
Countries with hundreds of Meer:
1,372 United Arab Emirates772
10,018 England640
33,974 Russia449
1,675 Oman309
7,134 Malaysia278
1,548 Kuwait244
47,714 France208
28,734 Poland191
64,630 Brazil143
31,070 Turkey140
37,833 Ukraine139
8,390 Israel130
9,314 Switzerland126
28,473 Canada119
1,401 Bahrain110
Countries with thousands of Meer:
7,066 India7,179
790 Saudi Arabia4,579
1,419 Iraq3,038
690 Netherlands2,631
5,903 Philippines2,384
7,103 Germany1,345
23,504 United States1,325
5,715 South Africa1,132
Countries with ten thousands of Meer:
414 Pakistan62,861
767 Bangladesh19,594
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Meer worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for Ireland from Limerick on Lady Peel and arrived on October 17, 1850. Martin Meer, aged 24, 22 years old Thomas Meer, Farmer Thaddy Meer, Ellen Meer (34) , Mary Meer (15), are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Limerick.

Comments

E
Ellamae Laplaca
 This name is of medieval origin the ancient form of the name is: meer this name meaning: "Maior, Mayor" Source: Glossary of the barge.

Meer Namesakes

  • Abel Meeropol, Writer
  • Abel Meeropol, Writer
  • Gianni Meersman, Bicycler
  • Suzanne Agathe Jodea van Nederveen Meerkerk Volz, Diederik van Nederveen's mother
  • Ameena Meer, Author
  • Arjan van Meerten, Film director
  • Atie Van Der Meer, Author
  • Tycho van Meer, Olympic athlete
  • Fatima Meer, Writer
  • Brenden Meers, Actor
  • In 2018, Flip van der Meer played the role of Erik de Bruin in action movie Taxi.
  • Mark Meer portrayed the important character of The Doctor in 2014 comedy and drama flick Versus Valerie.

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