Leicht Surname
Approximately 10,110 people bear this surname
Leicht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,196 | 1:12,993 | 1,683 |
| United States | 2,356 | 1:153,845 | 15,767 |
| Canada | 259 | 1:142,261 | 14,635 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| France | 217 | 1:306,095 | 46,684 |
| Brazil | 195 | 1:1,097,817 | 38,391 |
| Poland | 112 | 1:339,364 | 38,722 |
| Switzerland | 83 | 1:98,951 | 10,605 |
| Austria | 81 | 1:105,129 | 15,053 |
| Hungary | 67 | 1:146,512 | 13,290 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Israel | 44 | 1:194,492 | 19,021 |
| Czechia | 36 | 1:295,374 | 37,799 |
| Uruguay | 28 | 1:122,563 | 11,386 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Slovakia | 17 | 1:313,909 | 44,635 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
Leicht Demographics
Average Male Leicht Height
176.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Leicht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leicht Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leicht occurs most in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leicht? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 50,727th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 720,826 people. Leicht is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Leicht live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Leicht is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 6,196 people, or 1 in 12,993. In Germany Leicht is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 34 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Leicht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leicht has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leicht surname grew 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leicht Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Leicht are 25.06% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.83% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Leicht earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.94% more than the national average, earning $47,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.24% more than the national average, earning $49,802 CAD per year.
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Leicht Reference & Research
Leach DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Leach FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Leicht
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis