Leichtweiss Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Leichtweiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Leichtweiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leichtweiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leichtweiss is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leichtweiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leichtweiss is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Leichtweiss occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Leichtweiss are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 74 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Leichtweiss is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 23 percent reside.
Leichtweiss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Leichtweiss has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leichtweiss last name declined 64 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leichetweiss | 96 | 1 | / |
| Leichtweis | 95 | 815 | / |
| Leichtweisz | 91 | 16 | / |
| Leischtweis | 91 | 2 | / |
| Leichtwis | 90 | 2 | / |
| Lechtweis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Leihtweis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Leictweis | 90 | 1 | / |
| Leichtweiß | 86 | 129 | / |
| Leuchtweis | 86 | 76 | / |
| Leitweis | 84 | 7 | / |
| Lichtweid | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lichtwer | 74 | 52 | / |
| Litweyi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Latwiss | 67 | 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
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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 Leichtweiss
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