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 borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Leissen.
How Common Is The Last Name Leissen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Leissen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,795,209. In France Leissen is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 81 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 16 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 3 percent live. Other than France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 3 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 Leissen
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