Lechtenfeld Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lechtenfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lechtenfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2991:269,24928,591
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lechtenfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lechtenfeld occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lechtenfeld? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 889,654th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lechtenfeld reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Lechtenfeld is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 269,249. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent live, Bavaria, where 5 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Lechtenfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lechtenfeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lechtenfeld surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Lechtenfeld
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