Ledbetter Surname

20,705th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ledbetter Surname Definition:

= Leadbeater, q.v.

Ledbetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States26,1741:13,8481,722
England841:663,31038,317
Canada451:818,79163,991
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Marshall Islands31:17,2741,698
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0071:16,7012,132

Ledbetter (56) may also be a first name.

Ledbetter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Leadbeater, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ledbetter Last Name Facts

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

Ledbetter (Russian: Ледбеттер) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ledbetter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledbetter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 20,705th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 276,012 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ledbetter live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ledbetter is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 56 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 26,174 people, or 1 in 13,848. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent live, North Carolina, where 9 percent live and Alabama, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Ledbetter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ledbetter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ledbetter surname increased 870 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 31 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 233 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ledbetter Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Ledbetter surname are 22.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.85% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ledbetter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.89% less than the national average, earning $40,609 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.88% less than the national average, earning $46,764 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ledbetter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ledbetter in the Russian language
Ледбеттерledbetter-

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Ledbetter Reference & Research

Ledbetter DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Ledbetter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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