Lex Surname

90,149th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Lex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,1551:37,3584,940
United States1,4691:246,73923,506
Austria7791:10,9311,501
Brazil1281:1,672,45654,891
Hungary1181:83,1898,316
Italy721:849,39865,259
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
Czechia561:189,88327,834
Canada541:682,32655,162
France461:1,443,972140,296
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
England251:2,228,72284,230
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
India91:85,229,487684,495
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
China41:341,830,39216,990
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1931:260,20021,388

Lex (23,289) may also be a first name.

Lex Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lex occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lex? popularity and diffusion

It is the 90,149th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,370,355 people. The last name Lex occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Lex live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 33,738th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 23,289 people.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 2,155 people, or 1 in 37,358. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 55 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Germany it is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Austria, where 15 percent are found.

Lex Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lex has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lex last name expanded 761 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 357 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lex Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lex surname are 13.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.6% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lex earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.49% less than the national average, earning R 32,100 per year; in United States they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $47,567 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.58% more than the national average, earning $61,894 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leix86528/
Leux86309/
Lekx86208/
Leyx86169/
Lexe8691/
Leax8666/
Lext8628/
Lexx8611/
Lexs8610/
Loex8610/
Laex862/
Liex862/
Lejx861/
Llex861/
Leex861/
Lezx861/
Lexc861/
Lhex861/
Lecx861/
Lexås758/
Lexth754/
Lheux751/
Letxe751/
Leixe751/
Leixh751/
Legxt751/
Lek6718,875/
Les6710,374/
Lax678,077/
Lix671,462/
Lexová67820/
Lec67594/
Leg67536/
Lox67402/
Leš67395/
Leuckx67348/
Loeckx67321/
Lez67308/
Lej67274/
Leß67160/
Leş67106/
Lež6765/
Löx6752/
Leq6747/
Lyx6732/
Leatxe6722/
Leś6717/
Leţ6714/
Lexova6710/
Leč677/
L'Heux674/
Ljx672/

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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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  • 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 Lex
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