de Leener Surname

367,166th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 981 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Leener Surname User-submission:

The surname de Leener comes from de leenman, which means 'the money lender', 'the vassal'.

de Leener 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
Belgium9711:11,8401,759
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Leener Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname de Leener comes from de leenman, which means 'the money lender', 'the vassal'.

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de Leener Last Name Facts

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

de Leener is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Leener? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 367,166th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,428,691 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Leener live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 971 people, or 1 in 11,840. In Belgium de Leener is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 57 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 25 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Belgium this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

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
de Leeneer95114/
de Leenheer90680/
de Leenheir9044/
De-Leener891/
de Lehner891/
de Leneer891/
de Lene885/
de Lenes824/
de Leine822/
de Linier781/
de Lanier781/
de Leynes781/
de Lena75374/
de Line7525/
de Lène7512/
de Lyne758/
de Leni751/
de Leny751/
de Laine71237/
de Ligne71111/
de Leniz719/
de Lione716/
de Linea715/
de Lenis712/
de Layne711/
de Lysne711/
de Lenay710/
de Loynes67139/
de Loisne6715/
de Luynes6715/
de Lainez673/
de Leiniz671/
de Laynes671/
de Laines671/
de Laínez671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Leener
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