Leyel Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Leyel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Leyel (11) may also be a first name.
Leyel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leyel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leyel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞ) occurs in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyel? popularity and diffusion
Leyel is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Leyel is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Leyel live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 11 people.
It is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 586,637. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of St Gallen, where 57 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 43 percent live. Aside from Switzerland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Ghana, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leyel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leyel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞ | allyl | - |
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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 Leyel
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