de Ley Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Ley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Ley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2471:46,5457,557
Netherlands621:272,37433,874
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
United States161:22,653,683662,747
France101:6,642,272293,169
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

de Ley Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Ley is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 723,769th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. The last name de Ley occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of de Ley are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Ley is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 46,545. In Belgium de Ley is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

de Ley Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Ley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 0.08% less than the national average, earning R 237,456 per year and in United States they earn 64.64% more than the national average, earning $71,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Leye92178/
de Loey927/
de Lehy922/
de Le91492/
de Ly91106/
de Leyos8695/
de Leu83267/
de Lee83263/
de Lie83193/
de Lay83134/
de Loe8331/
de Loy8322/
de Lea8321/
de Les8321/
de Luy8314/
da Ley835/
de Lyz835/
de Lue834/
de Lei834/
des Le832/
De Led832/
de Lae831/
de Lye831/
De-Ley831/
de Ler831/
de Leus77585/
de Luya77147/
de Loya7799/
de Leij7792/
de Leth7755/
de Laya7753/
de Leis7751/
de Leer7734/
de Loye7725/
de Looy7718/
de Leux7716/
de Lowe7712/
de Luyz7712/
de Loys7710/
de Lett778/
de Loyo777/
de Leia774/
de Less773/
de Loyd773/
de Layo773/
der Lee772/
de Leio772/
de Laje771/
de Lhay771/
de Lhez771/
de Ledz771/
De Laie771/
de Llay771/
de Lees770/
de Lahy770/
de La735,692/
de Li7336/
di Le734/
de Lê732/
de Lé732/
de Leest71321/
de Lloyd7161/
de Lejos7155/
de Legge7140/
de Loyas7138/
de Luyas7119/
de Laytz7118/
de Logie7110/
de Geele7110/
de Louya714/
de Lajes712/
de Loeij712/
de Leiss711/
des Ïles711/
de Leith711/
de Liyos711/
de Luyts711/
de Hlerh711/
de Leach710/
de Lahay710/
de Liz675,325/
de Lio67689/
de Loa67513/
de Lis67255/
de Lai67249/
de Lia67222/
de Lau67202/
de Lat67147/
de Las67120/
de Lahaye6745/
de Lap6740/
De-Lys6727/
di Leu6726/
de Lit6726/
di Lei6714/
de Laa6713/
de Lla6713/
de Lou6712/
da Lei679/
de Loi678/
da Lee674/
De-Lay673/
de Lui673/
da Lea672/
di Lea672/
di Lee672/
de Lij672/
De-Leu672/
di Lay671/
der Li671/
da Lle671/
de Lahays671/
de Layhtz671/
der La671/
da Loy671/
di Lue671/

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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 Ley
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