Leeuwis Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Leeuwis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 660 | 1:25,587 | 4,165 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leeuwis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leeuwis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leeuwis occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Leeuwis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leeuwis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 482,070th most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. The last name Leeuwis occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leeuwis reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Leeuwis is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 25,587. In The Netherlands Leeuwis is most numerous in: South Holland, where 33 percent reside, Gelderland, where 30 percent reside and Utrecht, where 11 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeuwes | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leeuwe | 77 | 186 | / |
| Leowis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lieuwes | 71 | 179 | / |
| Leheuwe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Lyuwi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Leowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leouwa | 62 | 21 | / |
| Lieuwe | 62 | 7 | / |
| Leowes | 62 | 4 | / |
| Lihuwi | 62 | 4 | / |
| Lehubi | 62 | 3 | / |
| Leowai | 62 | 2 | / |
| Leeowe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lieuwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lejuwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lejuwe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Leeuvy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Leoubi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lehuwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lehouweich | 59 | 1 | / |
| Lehoubi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lehowie | 57 | 1 | / |
| Leouwej | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ljubi | 50 | 235 | / |
| Leowe | 50 | 30 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leeuwis
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