Leppä Surname

525,029th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 618 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Leppä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leppä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland6031:9,1161,422
Sweden141:703,34052,204
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Leppa (708) are calculated separately.

Leppä Last Name Facts

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

Leppä occurs in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Leppa. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leppä? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leppä is the 525,029th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,792,145 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Leppä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Leppä is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 603 people, or 1 in 9,116. In Finland Leppä is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 22 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 15 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Leppä Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leppä has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leppä last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leppa93708/
Leppe80662/
Leppi80144/
Lepip8022/
Lepep8012/
Leppy808/
Leipä806/
Lepper736,282/
Leuppi73310/
Leippi73271/
Lieppe73262/
Leppez73219/
Leippe73131/
Leuppe7326/
Leppee7321/
Leppes7316/
Leyppe7311/
Leppuy734/
Leppoe734/
Leyppi734/
Lieppa733/
Leppit732/
Leippy732/
Lieppy732/
Leppea732/
Leppet731/
Leppey731/
Leppis731/
Leepep731/
Leppha731/
Leappe730/
Leppae730/
Lepe6721,034/
Lepa674,778/
Lepi673,150/
Lepy67586/
Leppich67409/
Leipper6775/
Leppitt6718/
Leepper6716/
Leuppie6711/
Leippie677/
Leppist674/
Lepö673/
Leappes673/
Lepé671/
Leppech671/
Leppett671/
Leppher670/
Leapper670/

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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 Leppä
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