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

The surname Lettens occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lettens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,385,851st most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Lettens are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 46 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Lettens is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 119,757. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 73 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 20 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 34 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

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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