Le May Surname
Approximately 1,112 people bear this surname
Le May Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 555 | 1:119,681 | 18,087 |
| Canada | 176 | 1:209,350 | 20,314 |
| United States | 176 | 1:2,059,426 | 131,385 |
| England | 99 | 1:562,809 | 34,447 |
| Australia | 59 | 1:457,554 | 35,515 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
The alternate forms: Le Mày (1) are calculated separately.
Le May Demographics
Average Le May Salary in
United States
$69,127 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Le May Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le May Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Le May is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Le Mày. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Le May? popularity and diffusion
The surname Le May is the 332,527th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,553,548 people. The last name Le May occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Le May are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 555 people, or 1 in 119,681. In France it is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 58 percent live, Île-de-France, where 10 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent live. Not including France this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Le May Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Le May has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Le May last name grew 289 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 291 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Le May Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Le May earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 60.21% more than the national average, earning $69,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.4% less than the national average, earning $46,502 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mày | 94 | 1 | / |
| Le Mays | 92 | 1 | / |
| Le Mayo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Le Ma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Le My | 91 | 1 | / |
| Le Mayot | 86 | 11 | / |
| Le Mat | 83 | 957 | / |
| Le Moy | 83 | 107 | / |
| La May | 83 | 76 | / |
| Le-May | 83 | 60 | / |
| Le Map | 83 | 41 | / |
| Le Mau | 83 | 36 | / |
| Le Mad | 83 | 32 | / |
| Le Mai | 83 | 20 | / |
| Le Mas | 83 | 9 | / |
| Le Mye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Le Moa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Le Maux | 77 | 839 | / |
| Le Maut | 77 | 83 | / |
| Le Matt | 77 | 4 | / |
| La Maya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Le Mach | 77 | 2 | / |
| Le Maup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Le Math | 77 | 1 | / |
| Le Mait | 77 | 0 | / |
| La Mayo | 77 | 0 | / |
| Le Me | 73 | 8 | / |
| Le Mi | 73 | 2 | / |
| La Ma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Le Mault | 71 | 17 | / |
| Le Mouha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Maich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Maihe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Le Mer | 67 | 983 | / |
| Le Mee | 67 | 608 | / |
| La Mas | 67 | 76 | / |
| Le Mée | 67 | 56 | / |
| Le Moi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Le Mez | 67 | 11 | / |
| La Moy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Le-Mat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Le-Mai | 67 | 4 | / |
| La Mai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Le Mui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Le Mou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Le-Mau | 67 | 2 | / |
| La Mau | 67 | 1 | / |
| La Maa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Mei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Met | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Moe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Le May
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