Letheney Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Letheney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Letheney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348

Letheney Last Name Facts

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

Letheney is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Letheney? popularity and diffusion

The last name Letheney is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Letheney are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Letheney is primarily concentrated in: Arizona, where 100 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 11 percent live.

Letheney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Letheney has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Letheney last name decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Letheney
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