Lerhs Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Lerhs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerhs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia131:157,69620,118
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Lerhs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lerhs is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerhs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lerhs are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

Lerhs is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 38 percent live, Semigallia, where 23 percent live and Vidzeme, where 23 percent live. Aside from Latvia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerchs9131/
Lerkhs916/
Lerh89160/
Lerch8022,387/
Lerkh80382/
Lehrh8031/
Lerhe8014/
Learh805/
Larhs803/
Lersø801/
Leerh801/
Ler753,129/
Lerche735,544/
Learch7371/
Leires7326/
Lerkhe7321/
Leares7321/
Leerch736/
Letrch731/
Lerhøj731/
Leirth731/
Lercht730/
Lierch730/
Leardh730/
Leurch730/
Lehr6722,276/
Lear6716,808/
Lier676,834/
Leer674,224/
Lere671,989/
Leur67338/
Lerz67267/
Lert67232/
Leir67214/
Leeresh67163/
Lerp67112/
Lher6777/
Lerø6744/
Hler6741/
Ller6741/
Letr6723/
Lerd678/
Lerr677/
Lerc676/
Leerech675/
Leerhøj674/
Lejr672/
Leyr672/
L'Er671/
Lerż671/
Learche670/

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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 Lerhs
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