Lejon Surname
Approximately 1,399 people bear this surname
Lejon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,057 | 1:9,316 | 841 |
| Belgium | 109 | 1:105,474 | 15,893 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Norway | 35 | 1:146,922 | 18,432 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Léjon (1) & Lejôn (1) are calculated separately.
Lejon (283) may also be a first name.
Lejon Demographics
Average Lejon Salary in
United States
$34,788 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lejon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lejon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lejon is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Léjon or Lejôn. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lejon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lejon is the 277,054th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,209,111 people. Lejon occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Lejon live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 526,385th most common forename at a global level, borne by 283 people.
Lejon is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 1,057 people, or 1 in 9,316. In Sweden Lejon is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 16 percent are found, Skåne County, where 16 percent are found and Norrbotten County, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 8 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.
Lejon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lejon last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.
Lejon earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.38% less than the national average, earning $34,788 USD per year.
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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
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