Lelejs Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Lelejs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 281 | 1:7,296 | 1,041 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Lelejs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lelejs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lelejs is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelejs? popularity and diffusion
Lelejs is the 933,049th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. Lelejs occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lelejs reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 7,296. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Vidzeme, where 95 percent live, Semigallia, where 4 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Latvia it is found in one country. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Lelejs
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