Leysens Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Leysens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leysens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2061:55,8099,042
France1621:410,01760,039
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Leysens Last Name Facts

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

Leysens is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leysens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leysens is the 734,496th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name Leysens is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Leysens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 55,809. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 44 percent live, Walloon Region, where 29 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent live. Besides Belgium it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 41 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Leysens Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Leysens earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.99% more than the national average, earning R 389,700 per year and in United States they earn 128.64% more than the national average, earning $98,656 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leyssens931,511/
Leyens92595/
Lesens92357/
Lysens92145/
Lyssens86444/
Liesens86320/
Leytens86228/
Lessens86162/
Lesense862/
Leesens861/
Lesuens860/
Leasens860/
Leens83259/
Leyns8387/
Lyens8330/
Liessens80551/
Leessens801/
Layssens801/
Loyens77995/
Legens77181/
Letens77159/
Lesins77109/
Leynse77105/
Layens7779/
Lisens7776/
Luyens7773/
Lytens7715/
Leyons777/
Lehens772/
Lesyns772/
Lejens772/
Lesenx771/
Leenns771/
Leuens771/
Leijssens751/
Lissens71991/
Luytens71164/
Lettens71158/
Looyens7169/
Leehans7141/
Leggens7141/
Lechens7132/
Leegins7117/
Leizens7116/
Leitens719/
Leisenz717/
Lecense714/
Lessins714/
Lashens713/
Lassens713/
Leusins712/
Leigens712/
Legiens711/
Lehynns711/
Letense711/
Luyense711/
Letjens711/
Leioens711/
Leeyans711/
Leins672,326/
Leijtens67644/
Liens67597/
Loens67193/
Laens67136/
Loyns67118/
Leidgens6790/
Lijssens6767/
Lyans6756/
Leans6728/
Layns6722/
Lessence6715/
Leutgens6714/
Lettense675/
Leschins675/
Luens673/
Lessions671/
Leutjens670/
Lythjens670/
Leeheans670/
Lueshins670/
Leuns670/

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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 Leysens
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