Lereau Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lereau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lereau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1621:410,01760,039
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Lereau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lereau is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lereau? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lereau is the 1,315,412th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Lereau is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Lereau are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 410,017. In France it is most numerous in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 53 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 21 percent are found and Normandy, where 12 percent are found. Excluding France this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Haiti, where 1 percent are found.

Lereau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lereau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lereau last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerieau9215/
Lerea91214/
Lherieau8613/
Lereah8381/
Lereha8322/
Leryea8321/
Lereaj837/
Lerrea837/
Lerieu831/
Lereea831/
Lorieau77515/
Lereaie776/
Lereiya774/
Lereoux772/
Learyea771/
Llereaa771/
Letriea771/
Leria732,066/
Lerya7376/
Lería7323/
Lerju735/
Lirea734/
Lerja732/
Leriu731/
Lhérieau711/
Leretiya711/
Laryea6752,529/
Leiria676,926/
Leyria671,929/
Lerias671,008/
Lerius67131/
Leriah67125/
Leriou67112/
Letria6739/
Leuria6726/
Lehria6718/
Loryea6713/
Lirrea6711/
Leryah677/
Lleria674/
Leyría674/
Leriye673/
Lerjoa672/
Loreha672/
Lareha672/
Lerhia671/
Leriat671/
Lariea671/
Lehrya671/
Leiría671/
Lareou671/
Lereoy671/
Lerija671/
Learia671/
Lieria671/
Leruju671/
Leyrya671/
Leriaz671/
Lergia671/
Lergey670/
Loriea670/

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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
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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 Lereau
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