de Leyn Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Leyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Leyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1811:63,51710,203
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

de Leyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Leyn is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 1,257,535th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name de Leyn is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of de Leyn are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Belgium de Leyn is most common in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium de Leyn exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

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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
  • 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 Leyn
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