Leijstra Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Leijstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 151 | 1:111,836 | 17,874 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Leijstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leijstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leijstra is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leijstra? popularity and diffusion
Leijstra is the 1,422,956th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Leijstra are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 111,836. In The Netherlands Leijstra is most common in: Friesland, where 77 percent live, Overijssel, where 9 percent live and South Holland, where 7 percent live. Not including The Netherlands Leijstra is found in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 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 Leijstra
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