Leiven Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Leiven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Leiven (22) may also be a first name.
Leiven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiven Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leiven is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiven? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leiven is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Leiven reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Leiven is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The last name Leiven is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.
Leiven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Leiven has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 50 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
- 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 Leiven
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