Lection Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lection Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lection Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England41:13,929,515290,718
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Lection (26) may also be a first name.

Lection Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lection is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lection? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Lection live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. Lection is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used first name globally, held by 26 people.

The surname Lection is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Lection is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 65 percent are found, North Carolina, where 25 percent are found and New Mexico, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.

Lection Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lection has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lection surname fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lection Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lection surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Lection earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning $46,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lectian861/
Lectina861/
Lektin771/
Lekhtin71178/
Lictoen7139/
Lekting719/
Lektina711/
Lekthin711/
Legtien710/
Lekhtina67236/
Lektén623/
Lekten621/
Likhtin57417/
Lekhtyn5726/
Ligting571/
Likhtionova563/
Likhtina53244/
Lekhtyna5322/
Liktienė531/
Liktinova505/
Ligtn500/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lection
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