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

Lerhs is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerhs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lerhs is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Lerhs occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lerhs reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 157,696. In Latvia Lerhs is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 38 percent are found, Semigallia, where 23 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Latvia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 7 percent are found.

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
  • 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 Lerhs
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