Leier Surname
Approximately 3,741 people bear this surname
Leier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,257 | 1:64,046 | 8,242 |
| United States | 1,072 | 1:338,115 | 30,487 |
| Canada | 835 | 1:44,126 | 5,454 |
| Austria | 124 | 1:68,673 | 10,554 |
| Brazil | 114 | 1:1,877,845 | 60,321 |
| Estonia | 77 | 1:17,166 | 2,887 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Czechia | 51 | 1:208,499 | 29,840 |
| Poland | 46 | 1:826,277 | 64,341 |
| Hungary | 30 | 1:327,209 | 24,029 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
Leier (1,134) may also be a first name.
Leier Demographics
Average Male Leier Height
175 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Leier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leier is most common in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leier? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leier is the 122,273rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,948,021 people. The last name Leier is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Leier live; 51 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Leier is also the 236,441st most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 1,134 people.
The surname Leier is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,257 people, or 1 in 64,046. In Germany Leier is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent are found and Bavaria, where 16 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 22 percent are found.
Leier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leier last name expanded 2,680 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leier Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leier surname are 3.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.35% being registered with the party.
The amount Leier earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.89% more than the national average, earning 349,155 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 57.08% less than the national average, earning R 102,000 per year; in United States they earn 5.91% more than the national average, earning $45,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $53,034 CAD per year.
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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 Leier
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