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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiyan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 546,286th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The last name Leiyan occurs mostly 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 common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,815 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 483 people, or 1 in 95,611. In Kenya it is most common in: Kajiado County, where 77 percent are found, Narok County, where 20 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and China, where 1 percent are found.
Leiyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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