Leitzbach Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Leitzbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leitzbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3751:214,68124,254
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Leitzbach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leitzbach is most common in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leitzbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 760,012th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Leitzbach live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Leitzbach is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 214,681. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside, Hesse, where 28 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Leitzbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Leitzbach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leitzbach surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Litzbach9412/
Leizbach948/
Leitsbach8948/
Leutzbach896/
Lietzbach891/
Listzbach890/
Lidzbach826/
Litzba80306/
Lichbach718/
Lidzba67366/
Lautchbach631/
Lazba5775/
Lyzba5711/
Lauchbach561/
Lacbac531/
Lettsbatts531/
Lachvač5013/
Lachváč502/

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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
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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 Leitzbach
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