Le Roy Surname
Approximately 15,696 people bear this surname
Le Roy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13,794 | 1:4,815 | 378 |
| Belgium | 337 | 1:34,115 | 5,544 |
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| Australia | 261 | 1:103,432 | 11,643 |
| England | 156 | 1:357,167 | 25,626 |
| Chile | 131 | 1:134,477 | 4,748 |
| Netherlands | 123 | 1:137,294 | 21,086 |
| Canada | 108 | 1:341,163 | 30,982 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| South Africa | 79 | 1:685,794 | 49,549 |
| New Zealand | 60 | 1:75,472 | 11,103 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Costa Rica | 38 | 1:125,791 | 1,936 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:3,968 | 780 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Jersey | 11 | 1:4,717 | 830 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 126 | 1:398,561 | 29,579 |
The alternate forms: Le Roÿ (1) are calculated separately.
Le Roy (328) may also be a first name.
Le Roy Demographics
Average Male Le Roy Height
175.12 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Le Roy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le Roy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Le Roy occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Le Roÿ. Click here for other possible spellings of Le Roy.
How Common Is The Last Name Le Roy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,814th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 464,293 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Le Roy live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Le Roy is also the 484,112th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 328 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 13,794 people, or 1 in 4,815. In France Le Roy is most numerous in: Brittany, where 38 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 9 percent reside. Barring France this surname exists in 57 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Le Roy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Le Roy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Le Roy surname grew 223 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 918 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Le Roy Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Le Roy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 140.63% more than the national average, earning R 571,824 per year; in United States they earn 40.53% more than the national average, earning $60,636 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.53% less than the national average, earning $43,456 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Roÿ | 94 | 1 | / |
| Le Roye | 92 | 4 | / |
| Le Rouy | 92 | 1 | / |
| Le Royd | 92 | 0 | / |
| Le Ry | 91 | 1 | / |
| Le Ro | 91 | 1 | / |
| Le Royet | 86 | 13 | / |
| Le Ray | 83 | 2,885 | / |
| Le Roi | 83 | 965 | / |
| Le-Roy | 83 | 100 | / |
| La Roy | 83 | 69 | / |
| Le Roe | 83 | 35 | / |
| Le Rey | 83 | 17 | / |
| Le Roh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Le Rou | 83 | 2 | / |
| le Rot | 83 | 0 | / |
| Le Roux | 77 | 48,598 | / |
| Le Roch | 77 | 2,203 | / |
| La Rooy | 77 | 64 | / |
| Le Rouz | 77 | 40 | / |
| Le Raye | 77 | 30 | / |
| Le Ross | 77 | 11 | / |
| Le Roij | 77 | 9 | / |
| Le Roue | 77 | 3 | / |
| La Roye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Le Roos | 77 | 2 | / |
| Le Rois | 77 | 2 | / |
| Le Roth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Le Rous | 77 | 1 | / |
| La Roya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Le Roué | 77 | 1 | / |
| Le Ri | 73 | 2 | / |
| Le Ruyet | 71 | 1,182 | / |
| Le Roith | 71 | 6 | / |
| Le Rroux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le Rouet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Le-Roi | 67 | 670 | / |
| Le Ret | 67 | 319 | / |
| Le Rat | 67 | 202 | / |
| Le Rue | 67 | 138 | / |
| La Roi | 67 | 105 | / |
| Le Rai | 67 | 97 | / |
| La Roa | 67 | 49 | / |
| La Roe | 67 | 26 | / |
| La Rou | 67 | 20 | / |
| Le Raz | 67 | 19 | / |
| La Ray | 67 | 19 | / |
| Le-Ray | 67 | 10 | / |
| La Rio | 67 | 7 | / |
| La Roz | 67 | 6 | / |
| La Rey | 67 | 5 | / |
| La-Roy | 67 | 4 | / |
| La Ros | 67 | 4 | / |
| Le Ree | 67 | 2 | / |
| Le-Rey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Rui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Le Roch'h | 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 Roy
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