Letchen Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Letchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Letchen (16) may also be a first name.
Letchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Letchen is found most in Scotland. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Letchen.
How Common Is The Last Name Letchen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Letchen live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles. Letchen is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 16 people.
Letchen is most common in Scotland, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,784,606. In Scotland Letchen is most frequent in: Midlothian, where 100 percent live. Excluding Scotland this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Letchen
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