Lettens Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lettens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lettens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium961:119,75717,631
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Lettens Last Name Facts

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

Lettens is found most frequently in Belgium. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lettens? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Lettens reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 119,757. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 73 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 20 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 34 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lettense935/
Letens92159/
Leytens86228/
Loetens8630/
Leitens869/
Lottens867/
Lethens861/
Littens861/
Lattens861/
Lettins861/
Letense861/
Leijtens80644/
Leathens800/
Lesens77357/
Lotens77159/
Letems7752/
Litens7729/
Lytens7715/
Letins772/
Lehens772/
L'Gittens751/
Leysens71394/
Luytens71164/
Lessens71162/
Lechens7132/
Lietins7117/
Lestins716/
Leitins714/
Lecense714/
Littins712/
Lithens712/
Lesense712/
Leesens711/
Letenze711/
Lottins711/
Leasens710/
Leins672,326/
Leyssens671,511/
Leyns6787/
Leans6728/
Luijtens672/
Lijstens671/
Leessens671/
Leathins670/
Leuns670/
Leitgins670/

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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 Lettens
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