Leytens Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Leytens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leytens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1431:80,39612,660
Netherlands731:231,33130,466
France81:8,302,840321,660
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Leytens Last Name Facts

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

Leytens is found most frequently in Belgium. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leytens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leytens is the 1,082,743rd most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leytens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 80,396. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 32 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leyens92595/
Letens92159/
Lytens9215/
Leysens86394/
Luytens86164/
Lettens86158/
Loetens8630/
Leitens869/
Letense861/
Lethens861/
Leens83259/
Leyns8387/
Lyens8330/
Leyssens801,511/
Leijtens80644/
Lettense805/
Leathens800/
Loyens77995/
Lesens77357/
Lysens77145/
Leynse77105/
Layens7779/
Luyens7773/
Letems7752/
Litens7729/
Leyons777/
Lehens772/
Lejens772/
Letins772/
Lesyns772/
Leuens771/
Leenns771/
Lessens71162/
Looyens7169/
Lautens7163/
Leggens7141/
Leehans7141/
Lechens7132/
Lietins7117/
Lestins716/
Leitins714/
Lecense714/
Lithens712/
Lesense712/
Leesens711/
Lehynns711/
Luyense711/
Letenze711/
Leioens711/
Legiens711/
Latense711/
Leeyans711/
Lattens711/
Lettins711/
Littens711/
Leasens710/
Leins672,326/
Liens67597/
Loens67193/
Laens67136/
Loyns67118/
Lyans6756/
Leans6728/
Layns6722/
Leães6713/
Luens673/
Luijtens672/
Lijstens671/
Layssens671/
Leessens671/
Leeheans670/
Leitgins670/
Leuns670/
Leathins670/

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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 Leytens
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