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Where Does The Last Name Leeuw Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Leeuw has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant: Leëuw. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leeuw? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Leeuw is the 43,857^th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 614,931 people. Leeuw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Leeuw live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leeuw is also the 885,979^th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 112 people.

The last name Leeuw is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 9,580 people, or 1 in 5,655. In South Africa Leeuw is most prevalent in: Free State, where 32 percent live, Northern Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 18 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Leeuw Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Leeuw has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Leeuw surname grew 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Leeuw Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Leeuw surname are 43.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 90.48% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Leeuw earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.07% less than the national average, earning R 156,684 per year; in United States they earn 10.91% more than the national average, earning $47,855 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.73% less than the national average, earning $43,360 CAD per year.