Leentjens Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Leentjens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 76 | 1:222,200 | 29,701 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Leentjens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leentjens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leentjens is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leentjens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,795,579th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Leentjens occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leentjens reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 222,200. In The Netherlands Leentjens is most common in: Limburg, where 58 percent live, Utrecht, where 18 percent live and North Brabant, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands Leentjens is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 24 percent live and Switzerland, where 3 percent live.
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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 Leentjens
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