Lerau Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Lerau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Lerau (29) may also be a first name.
Lerau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lerau occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Lerau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lerau is the 2,220,661st most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Lerau occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Lerau live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 84 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Lerau is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea Lerau is most common in: New Ireland, where 95 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 5 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Lerau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lerau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lerau surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lerau
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