Lemaître Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Lemaître Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 295 | 1:38,972 | 6,382 |
| France | 192 | 1:345,952 | 52,007 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
The alternate forms: Lemaitre (24,578) & Lemaïtre (2) are calculated separately.
Lemaître Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemaître Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemaître is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Lemaitre or Lemaïtre. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemaître? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 585,091st most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lemaître reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Lemaître is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 38,972. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 68 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 28 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 4 percent reside. Beside Belgium this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 36 percent reside and Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Lemaître
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