Lichtwitz Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Israel

Lichtwitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lichtwitz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lichtwitz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lichtwitz occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lichtwitz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Lichtwitz live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 4,744,480. In France Lichtwitz is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 100 percent reside. Excluding France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Israel, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Litwitz88193/
Littwitz8290/
Litwiz802/
Littwiz754/
Litwic67213/
Litwić672/
Ledwitz6369/
Littwic639/
Litwiec631/
Lidwic536/
Ledwich50349/
Ledvich5029/
Ledvici505/
Litwich501/
Ledbich501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Lichtwitz
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