Leijo Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Leijo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 36 | 1:152,686 | 13,963 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Leijo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leijo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leijo occurs most in Finland. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leijo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Leijo is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Leijo are found; 48 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Leijo is most commonly held in Finland, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 152,686. In Finland Leijo is most prevalent in: Pirkanmaa, where 58 percent live, Satakunta, where 19 percent live and Uusimaa, where 17 percent live. Apart from Finland it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 44 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
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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 Leijo
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