de Leyer Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Leyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Leyer 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
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

de Leyer Last Name Facts

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

de Leyer has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Leyer.

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

The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of de Leyer live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Leyer is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 96 percent are found and North Holland, where 4 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 9 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

de Leyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Leyer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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 Leer9334/
de Loyer8850/
de Layer881/
de Looyer826/
de Leur80669/
de Lear8010/
de Lier802/
de Laer802/
de Layr801/
de Loer801/
de Lauer753/
de Layor752/
de Laier752/
de Lauwer7158/
de Looier711/
de Lawier710/
de Lauwere6778/
de Lair6762/
de Laur6710/
de Lour672/
de Laire6392/
de Laure6371/
de Lourd6328/
de Layre6318/
de Lojor638/
de Loire634/
da Loyir633/
de L'Air631/
de Lairre593/
De-Lair531/
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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 Leyer
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