Lichters Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Lichters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 251 | 1:320,739 | 32,146 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lichters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lichters Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lichters occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lichters? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 961,438th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. Lichters occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Lichters reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 320,739. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 10 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lüchters | 88 | 24 | / |
| Luchters | 88 | 7 | / |
| Liters | 86 | 13 | / |
| Leuchters | 82 | 48 | / |
| Luiters | 80 | 1,118 | / |
| Litters | 80 | 167 | / |
| Leiters | 80 | 20 | / |
| Listers | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lieters | 80 | 2 | / |
| Laiters | 80 | 1 | / |
| Literst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Litterst | 75 | 1,121 | / |
| Luijters | 75 | 99 | / |
| Leters | 71 | 50 | / |
| Leitterst | 71 | 0 | / |
| Letters | 67 | 240 | / |
| Leuters | 67 | 152 | / |
| Layters | 67 | 149 | / |
| Leeters | 67 | 122 | / |
| Letiers | 67 | 69 | / |
| Lethers | 67 | 43 | / |
| Lesters | 67 | 22 | / |
| Luyters | 67 | 8 | / |
| Leyters | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leaters | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lysters | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loyters | 67 | 1 | / |
| Littirs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leathers | 63 | 7,906 | / |
| Lethiers | 63 | 29 | / |
| Letterås | 63 | 4 | / |
| Lestiers | 63 | 2 | / |
| Lettiers | 63 | 1 | / |
| Letterst | 63 | 1 | / |
| Letterrs | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lesthers | 63 | 0 | / |
| Leuthers | 63 | 0 | / |
| Lleathers | 59 | 1 | / |
| Letterce | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lichters
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