de Leij Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Leij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Leij 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
Netherlands771:219,31429,463
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Leij Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Leij is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 1,943,350th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of de Leij reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 219,314. In The Netherlands de Leij is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 40 percent are found, South Holland, where 25 percent are found and Limburg, where 19 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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de Luis713,959/
de Laia712,721/
de Leus71585/
de Luiz71338/
de Leye71178/
de Lojo7169/
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de Loia7139/
de Leer7134/
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de Lois7120/
de Leux7116/
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de Lait7110/
de Lett718/
de Loey717/
de Laai716/
de Loja715/
de Lujo714/
de Lais714/
de Loio714/
de Less713/
de Llis712/
de Luia712/
der Lee712/
de Lias712/
de Laii712/
de List712/
de Laiz712/
de Lehy712/
de Laio712/
de Loix711/
de Léis711/
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De Laie711/
de Loit711/
de Liaa711/
de Liss711/
der Lih711/
de Lees710/
de La675,692/
de Leest67321/
de Ly67106/
de Leyos6795/
de Legge6740/
de Laias6714/
da Li6712/
de Logie6710/
de Geele6710/
di Li676/
de Liche675/
di Le674/
di Leggi674/
de Lache672/
de Lê672/
de Lajes672/
de Lé672/
der Lith672/
der Luit671/
des Luis671/
des Ïles671/
de Lajas671/
de Leche671/
de Liyos671/
der List671/
de Hlerh671/
de Leach670/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Leij
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