Leirkjær Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Leirkjær Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leirkjær Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway231:223,57824,793
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leirkjær Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leirkjær occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leirkjær? popularity and diffusion

The last name Leirkjær is the 4,034,050th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Leirkjær occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Leirkjær live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most prevalent in Norway, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 223,578. In Norway it is most frequent in: Southern Norway, where 78 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 13 percent are found and Western Norway, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Leirkjær Last Name Statistics demography

Leirkjær earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 12.02% less than the national average, earning 304,468 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerker713/
Loerker6716/
Lercker671/
Lerkerød6334/
Larker57142/
Lercher532,308/
Lärkert537/
Larkier531/
Lerquier501/
Larqueir501/
Lajurker501/

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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 Leirkjær
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