Lechtenberg Surname

250,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Lechtenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lechtenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9581:378,35033,446
Germany6211:129,63815,793
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Lechtenberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lechtenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lechtenberg is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lechtenberg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 250,395th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,600,723 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Lechtenberg live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 958 people, or 1 in 378,350. In The United States it is mostly found in: Iowa, where 24 percent live, Utah, where 10 percent live and Nebraska, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States Lechtenberg exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 39 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Lechtenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lechtenberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lechtenberg last name rose 3,090 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lechtenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lechtenberg are 36.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.64% registered with the party.

Lechtenberg earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,295 USD per year.

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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 Lechtenberg
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