Leije Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Leije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leije (35) may also be a first name.
Leije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leije Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leije (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺞ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leije? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Leije occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Leije are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Brakna Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and Belgium, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leije Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leije in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﺞ | lyj | 62.5 |
| ﻟﻴﺠﻪ | lyjh | 37.5 |
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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 Leije
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