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 last name Leiyan has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,286th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Leiyan live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Leiyan is also the 72,219th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,815 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 95,611. In Kenya Leiyan is most frequent in: Kajiado County, where 77 percent reside, Narok County, where 20 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.
Leiyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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