Leijenaar Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Aruba

Leijenaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leijenaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3771:44,7947,616
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Leijenaar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leijenaar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leijenaar occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leijenaar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 678,631st most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Leijenaar are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 44,794. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Friesland, where 32 percent are found, Gelderland, where 16 percent are found and North Holland, where 14 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Aruba, where 2 percent are found.

Leijenaar Last Name Statistics demography

Leijenaar earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.26% more than the national average, earning R 333,312 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leijsenaar952/
Lijenaar941/
Leijsennaar906/
Lijsenaar892/
Leijennar891/
Leijnar881/
Lejnar80171/
Lienar801/
Leysenaar782/
Lienard756,999/
Lienart75835/
Lejnart754/
Laenaar753/
Lehenar752/
Lehinar751/
Lesinar750/
Lienhar750/
Lienhard714,911/
Lienhart712,277/
Liennard71196/
Liennart711/
Legenare711/
Lieneart711/
Liheenar711/
Legenard710/
Lienhardt671,720/
Lesnar67477/
Lecnar6785/
Lechenard6753/
Leznar6738/
Lisnar6723/
Liznar679/
Lyenar671/
Liinar671/
Laweingar671/
Lienheart671/

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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 Leijenaar
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