Letters Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Letters Surname Definition:
Perhaps from Letter, an estate near Lock Katrine in Scotland.
Letters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 88 | 1:20,966 | 2,489 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 56 | 1:79,105 | 5,579 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 32 | 1:116,976 | 5,458 |
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52 | 1:965,744 | 57,486 |
Letters (199) may also be a first name.
Letters Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Perhaps from Letter, an estate near Lock Katrine in Scotland.
Letters Demographics
Average Letters Salary in
England
£27,792
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Letters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Letters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Letters is found in Northern Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Letters? popularity and diffusion
Letters is the 1,044,719th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. Letters occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Letters reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 642,605th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 199 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 20,966. In Northern Ireland Letters is most prevalent in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Beside Northern Ireland this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 10 percent reside.
Letters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Letters has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Letters surname expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Letters Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (55%) in Ireland.
Letters earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.48% less than the national average, earning $41,000 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loetters | 93 | 5 | / |
| Letterås | 93 | 4 | / |
| Lettiers | 93 | 1 | / |
| Letterst | 93 | 1 | / |
| Letterrs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Leters | 92 | 50 | / |
| Leitterst | 88 | 0 | / |
| Lotters | 86 | 168 | / |
| Loeters | 86 | 167 | / |
| Litters | 86 | 167 | / |
| Leuters | 86 | 152 | / |
| Lötters | 86 | 145 | / |
| Leeters | 86 | 122 | / |
| Letiers | 86 | 69 | / |
| Lethers | 86 | 43 | / |
| Lesters | 86 | 22 | / |
| Leiters | 86 | 20 | / |
| Latters | 86 | 11 | / |
| Leyters | 86 | 4 | / |
| Leaters | 86 | 3 | / |
| Lieters | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lettars | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leathers | 80 | 7,906 | / |
| Litterst | 80 | 1,121 | / |
| Lethiers | 80 | 29 | / |
| Löttgers | 80 | 10 | / |
| Letterce | 80 | 1 | / |
| Latthers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Laethers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leuthers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lesthers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Liters | 77 | 13 | / |
| Laters | 77 | 10 | / |
| Loters | 77 | 3 | / |
| Letors | 77 | 2 | / |
| Letars | 77 | 0 | / |
| Lleathers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luiters | 71 | 1,118 | / |
| Lathers | 71 | 683 | / |
| Layters | 71 | 149 | / |
| Latiers | 71 | 54 | / |
| Lothers | 71 | 40 | / |
| Luyters | 71 | 8 | / |
| Listers | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lysters | 71 | 2 | / |
| Loyters | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lahters | 71 | 1 | / |
| Literst | 71 | 1 | / |
| Laiters | 71 | 1 | / |
| Littirs | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lichters | 67 | 271 | / |
| Luijters | 67 | 99 | / |
| Liathers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leathors | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Letters
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