Leerschen Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Leerschen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leerschen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827

Leerschen Last Name Facts

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

Leerschen is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leerschen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Leerschen occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Leerschen reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 844,359. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 100 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerschen9498/
Leershen941/
Lerchen88190/
Leersen8873/
Leerssen82277/
Leerhsen8218/
Luershen821/
Leerseen821/
Lersen8033/
Lercen802/
Legiersen781/
Leuerssen781/
Luersen75786/
Liersen7557/
Lerssen7535/
Lerchin7514/
Laersen756/
Leursen752/
Liercen751/
Learsen751/
Lörchen751/
Lyersen751/
Lauersen71710/
Luerssen71294/
Lershina712/
Learssen711/
Luerrsen711/
Larschin711/
Lawersen711/
Laurscen711/
Leuhrsen711/
Lowersen710/
Larsen67253,067/
Lerjen67226/
Lersin6725/
Lergen6725/
Lorsen6715/
Lauwersen677/
Lauerssen671/
Learchind670/
Lerzen670/
Lirsen670/

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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 Leerschen
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