Leuchtenberg Surname

501,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Leuchtenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leuchtenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6031:133,50816,273
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Leuchtenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leuchtenberg occurs most in Germany. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leuchtenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 501,935th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. Leuchtenberg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Leuchtenberg are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 603 people, or 1 in 133,508. In Germany Leuchtenberg is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent live, Bavaria, where 4 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Leuchtenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leuchtenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leuchtenberg surname expanded 420 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leuchtenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Leuchtenberg are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

Leuchtenberg earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.77% less than the national average, earning $32,462 USD per year.

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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 Leuchtenberg
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