Leege Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Leege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 269 | 1:299,277 | 30,754 |
| United States | 262 | 1:1,383,431 | 95,756 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Leege Demographics
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Leege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leege occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leege? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 584,278th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Leege reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 299,277. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 22 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 21 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Barring Germany it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 49 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Leege Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leege has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leege last name increased 873 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leege Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leege surname are 8.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.38% registered with the political party.
Leege earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.63% more than the national average, earning $49,029 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
- 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 Leege
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