Leeuws Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Leeuws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leeuws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1471:78,20812,357
France21:33,211,361423,184
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leeuw9111,851/
Lieuw73688/
Leëuw731/
Lehuw731/
Leows731/
Leeyuv675/
Leow6014,918/
Lehoubss571/
Lieow55174/
Leoub55170/
Leyow55143/
Liouw5547/
Lijuw5517/
Leauv559/
Läufs556/
Lujuw554/
Lejów551/
Leuuv551/
Lieuf551/
Lejub551/
Lejuif5032/
Leyhow506/
Leiyuf506/
Lejiub504/
Lliouw501/
Lehoub501/

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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 Leeuws
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