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 held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leerschen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Leerschen are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 844,359. In The Netherlands Leerschen is primarily found in: Limburg, where 100 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found.

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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