Laeh Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Laeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laeh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand651:1,086,744162,071
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Laeh (159) may also be a first name.

Laeh Last Name Facts

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

Laeh is held by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Laeh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laeh? popularity and diffusion

Laeh is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Laeh occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Laeh live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Tai-Asia. Laeh is also the 727,628th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 159 people.

This surname is most frequent in Thailand, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 1,086,744. In Thailand it is most common in: Pattani Province, where 62 percent reside, Yala Province, where 29 percent reside and Bangkok, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Thailand this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.

Laeh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Laeh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Laeh last name fell 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lae866,071/
Loeh75151/
Lhae759/
Hlae754/
Liae751/
Leu5724,043/
Loe5711,155/
Löh57247/
Löe572/
Löhe50467/
Leux50309/
Luih50124/
Lleu5088/
Läth5067/
Löth5014/
Löhs5010/
Lhui504/
Lhoe503/
Lheu503/
Hloe502/
Lloe502/
Läch501/
Hleu501/
Lösh501/

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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 Laeh
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