Leeyen Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Leeyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Leeyen (29) may also be a first name.
Leeyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leeyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leeyen is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Leeyen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leeyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leeyen is the 3,323,005th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Leeyen reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most common first name world-wide It is held by 29 people.
The surname Leeyen is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 61 percent are found, North Brabant, where 24 percent are found and South Holland, where 15 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Leeyen
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