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 last name Leeyen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Leeyen.
How Common Is The Last Name Leeyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Leeyen occurs mostly 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 61 percent reside, North Brabant, where 24 percent reside and South Holland, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, 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
- 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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