Lerchner Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Lerchner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lerchner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria4151:20,5193,193
Germany3221:250,01727,129
Italy921:664,74758,468
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Hungary131:755,09840,181
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Lerchner (22) may also be a first name.

Lerchner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerchner occurs most in Austria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lerchner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerchner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 394,201st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,133,422 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Lerchner reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 22 people.

The surname Lerchner is most numerous in Austria, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 20,519. In Austria it is primarily concentrated in: Salzburg, where 54 percent live, Carinthia, where 10 percent live and Upper Austria, where 9 percent live. Excluding Austria it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent live and Italy, where 10 percent live.

Lerchner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lerchner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lerchner last name grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loerchner9424/
Lerhner930/
Leurschner891/
Lörchner8865/
Lorchner881/
Lersner807/
Lerxner800/
Learsner750/

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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 Lerchner
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