Leekens Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Leekens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 290 | 1:39,644 | 6,486 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leekens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leekens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leekens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leekens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 908,336th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Leekens are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 290 people, or 1 in 39,644. In Belgium Leekens is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lekens | 92 | 516 | / |
| Liekens | 86 | 2,919 | / |
| Luekens | 86 | 78 | / |
| Leekins | 86 | 37 | / |
| Leukens | 86 | 27 | / |
| Leakens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Lieckens | 80 | 365 | / |
| Leyskens | 80 | 3 | / |
| Liekkens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leutkens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Likens | 77 | 2,478 | / |
| Lykens | 77 | 705 | / |
| Lakens | 77 | 100 | / |
| Leknæs | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lekins | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lokens | 77 | 4 | / |
| Liekns | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leijskens | 75 | 41 | / |
| Leutckens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luikens | 71 | 392 | / |
| Laukens | 71 | 286 | / |
| Lockens | 71 | 44 | / |
| Lackens | 71 | 40 | / |
| Lechens | 71 | 32 | / |
| Litkens | 71 | 23 | / |
| Loykens | 71 | 20 | / |
| Leakins | 71 | 19 | / |
| Lickens | 71 | 16 | / |
| Lekenze | 71 | 4 | / |
| Leikins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Leskins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Likkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liskens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laekins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lokkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lujkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lequens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Laykens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Leykins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Liekins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lyttkens | 67 | 64 | / |
| Looykens | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lakns | 67 | 10 | / |
| Likenshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiskins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leutkins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lequense | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leadkins | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leekens
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