Leistmann Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Leistmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leistmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Leistmann Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leistmann Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leistmann is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leistmann? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Leistmann occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Leistmann are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Leistmann is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 50 percent are found, Hamburg, where 25 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Leistmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leistmann has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leistmann last name fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Leistmann
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