Leekes Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Leekes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 65 | 1:1,238,546 | 79,660 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Leekes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leekes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leekes is most common in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leekes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Leekes are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Leekes is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 1,238,546. In Germany Leekes is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent are found and Bavaria, where 9 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Leekes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leekes has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 75 percent between 1881 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 Leekes
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