Le Maitre Surname
Approximately 2,287 people bear this surname
Le Maitre Surname Definition:
(French) The Master [French le, the + maître, Old French maistre, master, proprietor, director, governor; Latin magister]
Le Maitre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,647 | 1:40,330 | 5,038 |
| Australia | 172 | 1:156,952 | 16,457 |
| South Africa | 136 | 1:398,365 | 35,171 |
| Guernsey | 125 | 1:516 | 68 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 122 | 1:11,180 | 1,526 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey | 91 | 1:359 | 59 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:2,075 | 348 |
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Le Maître (57) & Le Maitré (6) are calculated separately.
Le Maitre (57) may also be a first name.
Le Maitre Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) The Master [French le, the + maître, Old French maistre, master, proprietor, director, governor; Latin magister]
LEMITARE: 1. A corruption of the common French surname, Lemaitre, ' the master.' 2. From limitour, a begging friar-familiar to every reader of Chaucer.
Le Maitre Demographics
Average Le Maitre Salary in
England
£25,617
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Le Maitre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le Maitre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Le Maitre occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Le Maître or Le Maitré. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Le Maitre? popularity and diffusion
The surname Le Maitre is the 185,329th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,186,509 people. The surname Le Maitre occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Le Maitre live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Le Maitre is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 57 people.
It is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 1,647 people, or 1 in 40,330. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 41 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 24 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
Le Maitre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Le Maitre has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 268 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Le Maitre Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Le Maitre earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning 362,893 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 66.16% more than the national average, earning R 394,848 per year and in Canada they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $52,452 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Maître | 96 | 57 | / |
| Le Maitré | 96 | 6 | / |
| Le Maistre | 95 | 684 | / |
| Le Maitres | 95 | 1 | / |
| Le Maire | 94 | 1,650 | / |
| Le Matre | 94 | 9 | / |
| Le Mitre | 94 | 1 | / |
| La Maitre | 89 | 45 | / |
| Le-Maitre | 89 | 11 | / |
| Le Mattre | 89 | 1 | / |
| Le Maytre | 89 | 0 | / |
| Le Mare | 88 | 182 | / |
| Le Mire | 88 | 78 | / |
| Le-Maistre | 84 | 7 | / |
| La Maistre | 84 | 1 | / |
| Le Miere | 82 | 275 | / |
| Le Marie | 82 | 126 | / |
| Le Marre | 82 | 65 | / |
| Le Marer | 82 | 50 | / |
| Le-Maire | 82 | 23 | / |
| Le Metre | 82 | 18 | / |
| La Maire | 82 | 18 | / |
| Le Maure | 82 | 3 | / |
| Le Mirre | 82 | 1 | / |
| Le Meire | 82 | 1 | / |
| Le Moire | 82 | 1 | / |
| Le Mestre | 78 | 742 | / |
| Le Master | 78 | 82 | / |
| Le Marree | 78 | 5 | / |
| Le Mierre | 78 | 2 | / |
| Le Mettre | 78 | 2 | / |
| La Maître | 78 | 1 | / |
| La Mastre | 78 | 0 | / |
| Le Mari | 75 | 66 | / |
| Le Mere | 75 | 63 | / |
| Le Myre | 75 | 28 | / |
| Le-Mare | 75 | 12 | / |
| La Mare | 75 | 9 | / |
| Le-Mire | 75 | 1 | / |
| La Mire | 75 | 0 | / |
| Le Mary | 75 | 0 | / |
| Le Moustre | 74 | 2 | / |
| La Mastres | 74 | 1 | / |
| Le Merre | 71 | 96 | / |
| Le Merer | 71 | 92 | / |
| La Marre | 71 | 52 | / |
| Le Mesre | 71 | 21 | / |
| Le Meter | 71 | 9 | / |
| La Matry | 71 | 4 | / |
| La Mater | 71 | 3 | / |
| La Maree | 71 | 3 | / |
| Le Moure | 71 | 1 | / |
| La Maira | 71 | 1 | / |
| La Marie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Mérer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Méter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Meure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Merrer | 67 | 1,294 | / |
| Le Marois | 67 | 142 | / |
| La Master | 67 | 29 | / |
| Le Metter | 67 | 8 | / |
| La Mistri | 67 | 5 | / |
| Le Mester | 67 | 4 | / |
| La Matter | 67 | 2 | / |
| Le-Mestre | 67 | 2 | / |
| Le Marais | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Mastri | 67 | 1 | / |
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