L Surname

136,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Israel

L Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

L Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan8311:28,213379
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Israel4251:20,1362,996
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Haiti3091:34,5762,375
Canada2021:182,40418,127
China1101:12,430,196747
Yemen971:272,4269,477
United Arab Emirates961:95,4408,441
Iran941:816,83540,564
Puerto Rico771:46,1061,096
Iraq581:603,8229,381
Afghanistan341:945,6829,218
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
Syria251:772,0416,079
India101:76,706,538639,611
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

L (7,867) may also be a first name.

L Last Name Facts

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

The surname L (Russian: Ль) is most common in Taiwan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name L? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 136,587th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,218,431 people. The surname L occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of L are found; 29 percent are found in East Asia and 29 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. L is also the 71,890th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 7,867 people.

L is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 28,213. In Taiwan L is primarily concentrated in: Taoyuan City, where 28 percent reside, New Taipei City, where 18 percent reside and Taipei City, where 10 percent reside. Beside Taiwan this surname exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 14 percent reside and Israel, where 13 percent reside.

L Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the L last name is principally 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le677,542,572/
Hl671,632/
Lt671,191/
Lp67786/
Lh67569/
Ld67341/
Ll67172/
6710/
679/
Ël673/
Lệ672/
672/
672/
Lễ671/
671/
Lữ671/
671/
671/
671/
671/
671/
Lÿ671/
Ål671/

L Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
L in the Russian language
Льl-

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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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