Leissen Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Leissen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leissen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leissen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leissen is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leissen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Leissen is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Leissen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Leissen is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,795,209. In France it is most prevalent in: Brittany, where 81 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 3 percent are found. Excluding France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Leissen
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