Leiyan Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Leiyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 483 | 1:95,611 | 8,478 |
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Leiyan (7,815) may also be a first name.
Leiyan Demographics
Leiyan Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Leiyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leiyan is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leiyan is the 546,286th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Leiyan reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Leiyan is also the 72,219th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 7,815 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 483 people, or 1 in 95,611. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 77 percent live, Narok County, where 20 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
Leiyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Leiyan surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Leiyan
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