Leb Surname
Approximately 1,569 people bear this surname
Leb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 340 | 1:45,550 | 1,772 |
| United States | 255 | 1:1,421,408 | 97,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Austria | 192 | 1:44,351 | 7,087 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Romania | 88 | 1:228,158 | 22,067 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 1:92,136 | 11,211 |
| Lebanon | 27 | 1:208,781 | 8,577 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 1:1,148,762 | 5,372 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Léb (49) are calculated separately.
Leb (690) may also be a first name.
Leb Demographics
Leb Political Affiliation
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Leb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leb Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺐ, Hindi: लेब, Marathi: लॅब, Oriya: େଲବ) is found in Cambodia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Léb. Click here for other potential spellings of Leb.
How Common Is The Last Name Leb? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leb is the 252,273rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,644,707 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 46 percent of Leb live; 26 percent live in Southeast Asia and 22 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Leb is also the 314,827th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 690 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cambodia, where it is held by 340 people, or 1 in 45,550. In Cambodia Leb is mostly concentrated in: Banteay Meanchey Province, where 21 percent live, Battambang Province, where 15 percent live and Siem Reap Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Cambodia this surname is found in 65 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live.
Leb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Leb last name rose 1,063 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leb Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leb last name are 40.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.88% registered with the party.
The amount Leb earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.75% more than the national average, earning $49,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.9% more than the national average, earning $58,080 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Léb | 89 | 49 | / |
| Lieb | 86 | 12,758 | / |
| Loeb | 86 | 7,855 | / |
| Leib | 86 | 7,198 | / |
| Leeb | 86 | 5,481 | / |
| Hleb | 86 | 1,888 | / |
| Leab | 86 | 340 | / |
| Lejb | 86 | 137 | / |
| Leyb | 86 | 97 | / |
| Lebs | 86 | 83 | / |
| Laeb | 86 | 17 | / |
| Letb | 86 | 16 | / |
| Leub | 86 | 11 | / |
| Lebd | 86 | 11 | / |
| Lesb | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lleb | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lebh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lebz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lehb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lheb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lebő | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hlebš | 75 | 76 | / |
| Glieb | 75 | 76 | / |
| Lejbt | 75 | 56 | / |
| Leibs | 75 | 31 | / |
| Leabd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hleeb | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hlebs | 75 | 4 | / |
| Leijb | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hleib | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lhieb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lebhh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lehbs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leebs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leabh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leabs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Lew | 67 | 39,318 | / |
| Lev | 67 | 11,153 | / |
| Lab | 67 | 7,361 | / |
| Lib | 67 | 2,542 | / |
| Lob | 67 | 2,193 | / |
| Löb | 67 | 1,872 | / |
| Lep | 67 | 1,560 | / |
| Lyb | 67 | 419 | / |
| Lef | 67 | 301 | / |
| Lebowa | 67 | 160 | / |
| Lebová | 67 | 87 | / |
| Leabch | 67 | 75 | / |
| Lebova | 67 | 25 | / |
| Lebsch | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ljb | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leybch | 67 | 4 | / |
| H'Leib | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lechhb | 67 | 1 | / |
Leb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leb in the Hindi language | ||
| लेब | leba | - |
| Leb in the Marathi language | ||
| लॅब | leba | - |
| Leb in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲବ | elaba | 98.96 |
| Leb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺐ | lb | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﺐ | allb | 50 |
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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 Leb
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