Letcher Surname
Approximately 4,224 people bear this surname
Letcher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,413 | 1:150,211 | 15,455 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Australia | 340 | 1:79,399 | 9,249 |
| South Africa | 287 | 1:188,772 | 20,532 |
| Canada | 265 | 1:139,040 | 14,308 |
| England | 197 | 1:282,833 | 21,968 |
| Argentina | 111 | 1:385,076 | 29,732 |
| New Zealand | 86 | 1:52,655 | 8,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 24 | 1:736,771 | 48,237 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 249 | 1:97,893 | 9,953 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 603 | 1:83,281 | 8,714 |
Letcher (252) may also be a first name.
Letcher Demographics
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Letcher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letcher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Letcher (Russian: Летчер) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Letcher? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 110,100th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,725,271 people. Letcher occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Letcher reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Letcher is also the 561,423rd most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 252 people.
The surname Letcher is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2,413 people, or 1 in 150,211. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Arizona, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Letcher exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Letcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Letcher has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 21 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Letcher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Letcher last name are 17.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.21% registered with the political party.
The amount Letcher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.44% more than the national average, earning R 367,008 per year; in United States they earn 1.78% less than the national average, earning $42,381 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.82% more than the national average, earning $51,084 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Letcher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Letcher in the Russian language | ||
| Летчер | letcer | - |
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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 Letcher
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