Laventhal Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Laventhal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laventhal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
United States231:15,759,084542,937
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Laventhal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Laventhal occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Laventhal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Laventhal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Laventhal are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Laventhal is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Laventhal is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 81 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 15 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 46 percent live.

Laventhal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Laventhal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 164 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Laventhal Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Laventhal earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 21.63% more than the national average, earning R 289,032 per year and in United States they earn 20.62% less than the national average, earning $34,250 USD per year.

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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 Laventhal
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