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 surname de Letter is found most in Belgium. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of de Letter click here.

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

This surname is the 487,899th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Letter are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 24,306. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent live and Walloon Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Belgium this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 28 percent live and France, where 2 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
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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