Layden Surname
Approximately 4,064 people bear this surname
Layden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,352 | 1:154,107 | 15,796 |
| Canada | 833 | 1:44,232 | 5,463 |
| England | 348 | 1:160,109 | 15,012 |
| Scotland | 183 | 1:29,256 | 3,059 |
| Ireland | 134 | 1:35,141 | 2,927 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| Northern Ireland | 34 | 1:54,266 | 4,423 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70 | 1:63,284 | 4,864 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 103 | 1:236,654 | 17,592 |
| Scotland | 79 | 1:47,382 | 3,344 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 446 | 1:112,598 | 11,173 |
Layden (194) may also be a first name.
Layden Demographics
Average Male Layden Height
176.97 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Layden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layden Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Layden (Marathi: लायडन, Russian: Лайден) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Layden? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 113,815th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,793,195 people. Layden is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Layden live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. Layden is also the 651,944th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 194 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,352 people, or 1 in 154,107. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 10 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live and North Carolina, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.
Layden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Layden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Layden last name increased 527 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 338 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 232 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 191 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Layden Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Layden surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Layden last name are 9.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.58% registered with the party.
The amount Layden earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 286.47% more than the national average, earning R 918,408 per year; in United States they earn 7.92% more than the national average, earning $46,567 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.86% less than the national average, earning $48,262 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Layden Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Layden in the Marathi language | ||
| लायडन | layadana | - |
| Layden in the Russian language | ||
| Лайден | lajden | - |
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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 Layden
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