Lereux Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Lereux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Lereux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lereux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lereux occurs most in France. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lereux? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Lereux are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 13,284,544. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 80 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 20 percent live. Excluding France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 13 percent live.
Lereux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lereux has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lereux last name declined 86 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
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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
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