Leyers Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Leyers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 196 | 1:58,656 | 9,495 |
| Germany | 133 | 1:605,304 | 48,487 |
| Luxembourg | 66 | 1:8,796 | 1,392 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Leyers Demographics
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Leyers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leyers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leyers is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Leyers click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyers? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 687,524th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Leyers are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Leyers is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 58,656. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 15 percent are found.
Leyers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Leyers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 35 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leyers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leyers surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
Leyers earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 70.71% more than the national average, earning $73,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leers | 91 | 1,206 | / |
| Lyers | 91 | 10 | / |
| Leyrs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Layers | 83 | 183 | / |
| Leiers | 83 | 115 | / |
| Leuers | 83 | 4 | / |
| Loyers | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lejers | 83 | 3 | / |
| Leyars | 83 | 0 | / |
| Leersch | 77 | 88 | / |
| Legiers | 77 | 22 | / |
| Liayers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Looyers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leurs | 73 | 3,898 | / |
| Luers | 73 | 1,133 | / |
| Liers | 73 | 632 | / |
| Loers | 73 | 519 | / |
| Leirs | 73 | 497 | / |
| Lears | 73 | 274 | / |
| Laers | 73 | 5 | / |
| Layrs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lauweers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lowers | 67 | 1,722 | / |
| Luehrs | 67 | 880 | / |
| Lejars | 67 | 469 | / |
| Loehrs | 67 | 146 | / |
| Lauers | 67 | 121 | / |
| Learst | 67 | 74 | / |
| Lawers | 67 | 52 | / |
| Liersz | 67 | 40 | / |
| Louers | 67 | 39 | / |
| Leuhrs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Laiers | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lägers | 67 | 2 | / |
| Learse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lajers | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lheurs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leurse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehars | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leirås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leiars | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layors | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loersh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Learsh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leihrs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leyers
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