Leyendecker Surname

90,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Leyendecker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leyendecker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,2921:24,4553,245
United States1,2121:299,05927,613
France4671:142,23321,907
Argentina1631:262,23021,146
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
Austria511:166,96921,809
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Leyendecker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leyendecker occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leyendecker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leyendecker is the 90,361st most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,373,713 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Leyendecker reside; 72 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Leyendecker is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 3,292 people, or 1 in 24,455. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 35 percent reside and Hesse, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Germany Leyendecker occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Leyendecker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leyendecker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leyendecker surname rose 1,616 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leyendecker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Leyendecker last name are 15.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.2% registered with the political party.

Leyendecker earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.34% more than the national average, earning $47,611 USD per year.

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Leyendecker Reference & Research

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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 Leyendecker
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