Leeuwe Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Leeuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 146 | 1:115,666 | 18,330 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Leeuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leeuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leeuwe is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leeuwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,244,200th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Leeuwe live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 146 people, or 1 in 115,666. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 29 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and North Brabant, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands Leeuwe exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 14 percent reside and Germany, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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