Lettow Surname

313,632nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lettow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lettow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7581:106,20813,118
United States4271:848,85064,722
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Lettow (18) may also be a first name.

Lettow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lettow is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lettow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 313,632nd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,083,093 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Lettow live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe. Lettow is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 18 people.

Lettow is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 106,208. In Germany Lettow is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 20 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Lettow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lettow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lettow last name grew 2,669 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lettow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lettow surname are 33.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.41% being registered with the political party.

Lettow earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.39% more than the national average, earning $55,397 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leyttow921/
Letow9179/
Littow83134/
Leitow83117/
Letowt8343/
Letowa835/
Lettov835/
Lattow831/
Lethow830/
Loetow830/
Lettoof7710/
Lettova773/
Littouw772/
Leethow771/
Leitowa771/
Littows770/
Letov732,404/
Litow73221/
Letaw7391/
Latow7324/
Lotow7314/
Letof733/
Letthoff715/
Lettoffe711/
Letova672,921/
Letawe67125/
Lattof67111/
Litouw6734/
Letoff6730/
Lestov6725/
Leutov6725/
Lettavová6711/
Leytov676/
Lethaw675/
Letoft674/
Leštov674/
Lettab672/
Lettav672/
Letoev672/
Lithow671/
Letouf671/
Lettavova671/
Lathow671/
Lythow671/
Leatof671/
Lethob671/
Lietuw670/

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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 Lettow
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