L Surname
Approximately 3,285 people bear this surname
L Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 831 | 1:28,213 | 379 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Israel | 425 | 1:20,136 | 2,996 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Haiti | 309 | 1:34,576 | 2,375 |
| Canada | 202 | 1:182,404 | 18,127 |
| China | 110 | 1:12,430,196 | 747 |
| Yemen | 97 | 1:272,426 | 9,477 |
| United Arab Emirates | 96 | 1:95,440 | 8,441 |
| Iran | 94 | 1:816,835 | 40,564 |
| Puerto Rico | 77 | 1:46,106 | 1,096 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Afghanistan | 34 | 1:945,682 | 9,218 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Syria | 25 | 1:772,041 | 6,079 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
L (7,867) may also be a first name.
L Demographics
L Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
L Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name L Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname L (Russian: Ль) occurs in Taiwan more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name L? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 136,587th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,218,431 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of L live; 29 percent live in East Asia and 29 percent live in Sino-East Asia. L is also the 71,890th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 7,867 people.
L is most common in Taiwan, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 28,213. In Taiwan L is primarily found in: Taoyuan City, where 28 percent live, New Taipei City, where 18 percent live and Taipei City, where 10 percent live. Apart from Taiwan it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 14 percent live and Israel, where 13 percent live.
L Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
L earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.28% less than the national average, earning $49,544 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
L Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| L in the Russian language | ||
| Ль | l | - |
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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 L
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