de Letter Surname

487,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Letter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Letter 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
Belgium4731:24,3063,843
Netherlands1891:89,35014,763
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Letter Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Letter has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name de Letter is the 487,899th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name de Letter occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Letter reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Letter is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 473 people, or 1 in 24,306. In Belgium de Letter is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Belgium de Letter exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 28 percent are found and France, where 2 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 Lette942/
de Laeter89106/
de Latter8996/
de Lettre893/
de Lester891/
de Lete885/
de Leyster846/
de Later82163/
de Leite82105/
de Leste8250/
de Letes821/
de Letre821/
de Leijster8034/
de Leichter803/
de Laater7837/
de Lyster7827/
de Lateur784/
de Lister781/
de Leta755/
de Lijster74448/
de Laittre744/
de Litta7143/
de Letis7110/
da Leite719/
di Letti712/
da Leste712/
di Leite711/
de Lieti711/
da Letire671/
di Lettis671/
di Leta63244/
de Loisted634/
de Lyta631/
di Litta59128/
da Laite592/
de Laiti592/
di Litti591/
de Laitre56100/
de Laître561/
da Lyta501/
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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 de Letter
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