Lemetayer Surname

416,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lemetayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemetayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8171:81,30111,510
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Lemétayer (29) are calculated separately.

Lemetayer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lemetayer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lemetayer is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Lemétayer. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemetayer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 416,572nd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,727,600 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lemetayer reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Lemetayer is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 817 people, or 1 in 81,301. In France it is most numerous in: Brittany, where 29 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 23 percent reside and Normandy, where 20 percent reside. Outside of France Lemetayer occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Lemetayer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lemetayer surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Lemetayer earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lemétayer9629/
Lemetayert951/
Lemeteyer89196/
Lematayer892/
Lemaitayer842/
Lemetteyer841/
Lemetier821/
Leméteyer781/
Lemétéyer781/
Lemjawer7144/
Lemetour712/
Lemeitour673/
Lemaitour561/

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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 Lemetayer
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