Layter Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Layter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 195 | 1:48,723 | 8,324 |
| Russia | 180 | 1:800,684 | 65,710 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Layter (12) may also be a first name.
Layter Demographics
Layter Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Layter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Layter (Russian: Лайтер) is found in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Layter.
How Common Is The Last Name Layter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 635,252nd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Layter are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Layter is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
Layter is most numerous in Belarus, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 48,723. In Belarus it is most prevalent in: Brest Region, where 76 percent live, Mogilev Region, where 12 percent live and Minsk, where 11 percent live. Outside of Belarus Layter exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 16 percent live.
Layter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Layter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 74 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Layter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Layter last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 40% registered to vote for the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Layter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Layter in the Russian language | ||
| Лайтер | lajter | - |
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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 Layter
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