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
Average Male Letcher Height
177.14 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Letcher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letcher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Letcher (Russian: Летчер) occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Letcher? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 110,100th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,725,271 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Letcher reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 561,423rd most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 252 people.
Letcher is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,413 people, or 1 in 150,211. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Arizona, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Letcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Letcher has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 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 Republicans than the national average, with 64.21% being registered to vote for 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
- 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 Letcher
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