Letter Surname
Approximately 1,322 people bear this surname
Letter Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Dweller at a Hill-Side [Gaelic and Irish leitir]
Letter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 500 | 1:724,918 | 56,977 |
| Germany | 118 | 1:682,250 | 52,603 |
| Italy | 115 | 1:531,797 | 52,329 |
| Netherlands | 81 | 1:208,484 | 28,519 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 1:108,065 | 11,329 |
| Russia | 60 | 1:2,402,051 | 140,927 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Austria | 40 | 1:212,886 | 26,249 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 68 | 1:358,461 | 22,559 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 110 | 1:456,533 | 32,843 |
Letter (215) may also be a first name.
Letter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Dweller at a Hill-Side [Gaelic and Irish leitir]
Perhaps from Letter, an estate near Lock Katrine in Scotland.
From Letter, an estate in Scotland, near Loch Katrine. Letter is found in other local names; as Letterkenny, in Ireland, co. Donegal; Letterkenny, U.S. Pennsylvania. There is also Letterston co. Pembroke, S. Wales.
Letter Demographics
Average Letter Salary in
United States
$50,164 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Letter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Letter (Russian: Леттер) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Letter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Letter is the 289,833rd most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,512,516 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Letter reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 616,131st most commonly used first name internationally, held by 215 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 724,918. In The United States Letter is mostly found in: Florida, where 15 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 12 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States it occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 9 percent reside and Italy, where 9 percent reside.
Letter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Letter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Letter last name rose 455 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 49 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Letter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Letter last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Letter surname are 23.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.41% being registered with the political party.
The amount Letter earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.14% more than the national average, earning R 256,992 per year and in United States they earn 16.26% more than the national average, earning $50,164 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Letter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Letter in the Russian language | ||
| Леттер | letter | - |
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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
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - 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 Letter
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