Leirs Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Leirs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 490 | 1:23,463 | 3,691 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Leirs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leirs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leirs is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leirs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 618,896th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leirs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 23,463. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent live and Walloon Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Belgium Leirs occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 0 percent live and Chile, where 0 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 Leirs
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