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
Average L Salary in
Canada
$49,544 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
L Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name L Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name L (Russian: Ль) is most common in Taiwan. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name L? popularity and diffusion
The last name L is the 136,587th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,218,431 people. L is predominantly found 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. It is also the 71,890th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 7,867 people.
The surname is most numerous in Taiwan, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 28,213. In Taiwan L is mostly found 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 is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 14 percent reside and Israel, where 13 percent reside.
L Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the L surname is predominantly 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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