Leyers Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Leyers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leyers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1961:58,6569,495
Germany1331:605,30448,487
Luxembourg661:8,7961,392
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
England31:18,572,686338,250
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Leyers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leyers has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Leyers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leyers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leyers is the 687,524th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname Leyers occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Leyers live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 58,656. In Belgium Leyers is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live and Walloon Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Belgium it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 31 percent live and Luxembourg, where 15 percent live.

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 Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leers911,206/
Lyers9110/
Leyrs911/
Layers83183/
Leiers83115/
Leuers834/
Loyers833/
Lejers833/
Leyars830/
Leersch7788/
Legiers7722/
Liayers771/
Looyers771/
Leurs733,898/
Luers731,133/
Liers73632/
Loers73519/
Leirs73497/
Lears73274/
Laers735/
Layrs731/
Lauweers711/
Lowers671,722/
Luehrs67880/
Lejars67469/
Loehrs67146/
Lauers67121/
Learst6774/
Lawers6752/
Liersz6740/
Louers6739/
Leuhrs674/
Laiers673/
Lägers672/
Learse672/
Lajers672/
Lheurs671/
Leurse671/
Lehars671/
Leirås671/
Leiars671/
Layors671/
Loersh671/
Learsh670/
Leihrs670/

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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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