Leiste Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Leiste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 314 | 1:256,387 | 27,596 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Leiste Demographics
Leiste Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Leiste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leiste occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiste? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leiste is the 726,304th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Leiste reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 256,387. In Germany Leiste is most prevalent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 30 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Estonia, where 6 percent live.
Leiste Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Leiste surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
Leiste earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.41% more than the national average, earning $60,586 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Leiste
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis