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
Leirs is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leirs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 618,896th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname Leirs is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Leirs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 23,463. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 0 percent reside and Chile, where 0 percent reside.
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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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