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 last name Leyel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞ) is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Leyel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Leyel are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Leyel is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 586,637. In Switzerland Leyel is mostly found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 57 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 43 percent live. Excluding Switzerland this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found 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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