Leeuws Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Leeuws Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 147 | 1:78,208 | 12,357 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Leeuws Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leeuws Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leeuws is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leeuws? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leeuws is the 1,428,594th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Leeuws occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leeuws reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 78,208. In Belgium Leeuws is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeuw | 91 | 11,851 | / |
| Lieuw | 73 | 688 | / |
| Leëuw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lehuw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leows | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leeyuv | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leow | 60 | 14,918 | / |
| Lehoubss | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lieow | 55 | 174 | / |
| Leoub | 55 | 170 | / |
| Leyow | 55 | 143 | / |
| Liouw | 55 | 47 | / |
| Lijuw | 55 | 17 | / |
| Leauv | 55 | 9 | / |
| Läufs | 55 | 6 | / |
| Lujuw | 55 | 4 | / |
| Lejów | 55 | 1 | / |
| Leuuv | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lieuf | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lejub | 55 | 1 | / |
| Lejuif | 50 | 32 | / |
| Leyhow | 50 | 6 | / |
| Leiyuf | 50 | 6 | / |
| Lejiub | 50 | 4 | / |
| Lliouw | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lehoub | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Leeuws
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