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 occurs more in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Letchen? popularity and diffusion
Letchen is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Letchen are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
Letchen is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,784,606. In Scotland it is mostly found in: Midlothian, where 100 percent reside. Other than Scotland Letchen is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Malaysia, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Letchen
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