Leitens Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Leitens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Leitens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leitens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leitens is found most frequently in Latvia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leitens? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leitens is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Leitens occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Leitens are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 67 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
Leitens is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 341,674. In Latvia Leitens is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 33 percent live, Semigallia, where 33 percent live and Vidzeme, where 33 percent live. Besides Latvia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 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 Leitens
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