Leenheers Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Leenheers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leenheers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1411:119,76718,833
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
France21:33,211,361423,184
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leenheers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leenheers is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leenheers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name Leenheers is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Leenheers are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 119,767. In The Netherlands Leenheers is most common in: North Brabant, where 83 percent are found, South Holland, where 6 percent are found and Groningen, where 5 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leeners88112/
Leenhowers841/
Leenaers82325/
Leners80321/
Lowenhers781/
Lenaers751,691/
Lengers75301/
Lehners75262/
Lanhers7547/
Leiners7521/
Loeners7514/
Laeners7513/
Lieners753/
Leniers752/
Leenars751/
Lenoers751/
Leehouners741/
Leenaars71421/
Leyniers715/
Lejniers711/
Leiniers710/
Lyners67288/
Liners67150/
Laners6763/
Lenars6710/
Loners679/
Lenärs677/
Lenors671/

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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 Leenheers
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