Lelièvre Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
Lelièvre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 328 | 1:202,508 | 31,473 |
| Belgium | 166 | 1:69,257 | 11,060 |
| Canada | 137 | 1:268,946 | 25,310 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Lelievre (15,510), Leliévre (10) & Lèlievre (1) are calculated separately.
Lelièvre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lelièvre Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lelièvre occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Lelievre, Leliévre or Lèlievre. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lelièvre? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 507,320th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,281,031 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Lelièvre are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 202,508. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 47 percent are found, Normandy, where 16 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 12 percent are found. Outside of France this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 21 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Lelièvre
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