Lex Surname
Approximately 5,318 people bear this surname
Lex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,155 | 1:37,358 | 4,940 |
| United States | 1,469 | 1:246,739 | 23,506 |
| Austria | 779 | 1:10,931 | 1,501 |
| Brazil | 128 | 1:1,672,456 | 54,891 |
| Hungary | 118 | 1:83,189 | 8,316 |
| Italy | 72 | 1:849,398 | 65,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Czechia | 56 | 1:189,883 | 27,834 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 193 | 1:260,200 | 21,388 |
Lex (23,289) may also be a first name.
Lex Demographics
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Lex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lex Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lex occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lex? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 90,149th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,370,355 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Lex reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 33,738th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 23,289 people.
Lex is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,155 people, or 1 in 37,358. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 55 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 74 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Austria, where 15 percent reside.
Lex Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lex has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lex last name rose 761 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 357 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lex Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Lex are 13.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.6% registered with the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leix | 86 | 528 | / |
| Leux | 86 | 309 | / |
| Lekx | 86 | 208 | / |
| Leyx | 86 | 169 | / |
| Lexe | 86 | 91 | / |
| Leax | 86 | 66 | / |
| Lext | 86 | 28 | / |
| Lexx | 86 | 11 | / |
| Lexs | 86 | 10 | / |
| Loex | 86 | 10 | / |
| Laex | 86 | 2 | / |
| Liex | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lejx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Llex | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leex | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lezx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lexc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lhex | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lecx | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lexås | 75 | 8 | / |
| Lexth | 75 | 4 | / |
| Lheux | 75 | 1 | / |
| Letxe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leixe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leixh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Legxt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lek | 67 | 18,875 | / |
| Les | 67 | 10,374 | / |
| Lax | 67 | 8,077 | / |
| Lix | 67 | 1,462 | / |
| Lexová | 67 | 820 | / |
| Lec | 67 | 594 | / |
| Leg | 67 | 536 | / |
| Lox | 67 | 402 | / |
| Leš | 67 | 395 | / |
| Leuckx | 67 | 348 | / |
| Loeckx | 67 | 321 | / |
| Lez | 67 | 308 | / |
| Lej | 67 | 274 | / |
| Leß | 67 | 160 | / |
| Leş | 67 | 106 | / |
| Lež | 67 | 65 | / |
| Löx | 67 | 52 | / |
| Leq | 67 | 47 | / |
| Lyx | 67 | 32 | / |
| Leatxe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Leś | 67 | 17 | / |
| Leţ | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lexova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Leč | 67 | 7 | / |
| L'Heux | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ljx | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Lex
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