Lerjen Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Lerjen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 221 | 1:37,163 | 5,383 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lerjen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerjen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lerjen is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerjen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,088,856th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Lerjen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lerjen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 37,163. In Switzerland Lerjen is most numerous in: Canton of Valais, where 64 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 20 percent live and Canton of Fribourg, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland Lerjen occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Monaco, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lerien | 83 | 114 | / |
| Lersen | 83 | 33 | / |
| Lergen | 83 | 25 | / |
| Leryen | 83 | 9 | / |
| Lercen | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lerzen | 83 | 0 | / |
| Lerchen | 77 | 190 | / |
| Leersen | 77 | 73 | / |
| Liersen | 77 | 57 | / |
| Leraaen | 77 | 53 | / |
| Lerssen | 77 | 35 | / |
| Lergent | 77 | 5 | / |
| Letrien | 77 | 3 | / |
| Leursen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lerdjem | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lerheng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leurien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Learsen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Larjean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lerjain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liercen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leyrgen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Leerssen | 71 | 277 | / |
| Lerschen | 71 | 98 | / |
| Leerhsen | 71 | 18 | / |
| Leershen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leerseen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Learssen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leuhrsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lorijean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lorien | 67 | 146 | / |
| Leerschen | 67 | 26 | / |
| Lersin | 67 | 25 | / |
| Lörgen | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lergin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Larien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loryen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lerhem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lerhin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laryen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lirsen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lerjen
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