Lerwis Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Lerwis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lerwis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Lerwis (186) may also be a first name.

Lerwis Last Name Facts

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

Lerwis is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lerwis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerwis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lerwis is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Lerwis reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 186 people.

Lerwis is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Arizona, where 50 percent live and Michigan, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live and Mexico, where 20 percent live.

Lerwis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lerwis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lerwis last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerwic8313/
Lerwes831/
Leruis831/
Lervis831/
Lerwicz7714/
Leuruis771/
Larvis6711/
Leruiz6710/
Lervic678/
Lerbes675/
Lervys670/
Lorvis670/
Laruis670/
Leerves6213/
Llerves627/
Llerbes621/
Laarhuis57298/
Lerruesh579/
Leruiche571/
Leruez50226/
Lorves50191/
Larves5014/
Laruiz501/

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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 Lerwis
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