Leying Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Leying Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Leying (14,942) may also be a first name.
Leying Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leying Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leying occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Leying click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leying? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leying is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. Leying is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Leying live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe. Leying is also the 46,509th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 14,942 people.
The last name Leying is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Leying is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent are found, Bavaria, where 10 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Not including Germany it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Leying
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