Leel Surname
Approximately 2,372 people bear this surname
Leel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,089 | 1:704,376 | 32,633 |
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Scotland | 138 | 1:38,796 | 3,683 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Kenya | 37 | 1:1,248,105 | 35,192 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 41 | 1:91,298 | 4,744 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Leel (6,885) may also be a first name.
Leel Demographics
Average Leel Salary in
United States
$48,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leel (Hindi: लील) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 179,783rd most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,072,321 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Leel live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Leel is also the 78,446th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 6,885 people.
The last name Leel is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 1,089 people, or 1 in 704,376. In India Leel is most frequent in: Telangana, where 60 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 32 percent reside and Punjab, where 4 percent reside. Other than India this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 31 percent reside and Egypt, where 6 percent reside.
Leel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leel has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Leel surname expanded 337 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 222 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Leel last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Leel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 100% the same as the national average, earning $49,683 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leel in the Hindi language | ||
| लील | lila | - |
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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 Leel
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