Liepins Surname

104,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Liepins Surname User-submission:

Comes from a Latvian word liepa, which means 'linden'.

Liepins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia3,9081:52524
United States2591:1,399,45596,631
Canada711:518,95243,932
England671:831,61344,286
Australia581:465,44335,949
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Wales281:110,5198,545
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Norway71:734,61250,907
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Liepinš (39) & Liepiņš (2) are calculated separately.

Liepins Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Comes from a Latvian word liepa, which means 'linden'.

- henrijs

Liepins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Liepins is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Liepinš or Liepiņš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Liepins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Liepins is the 104,355th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,620,175 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Liepins live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name Liepins is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 3,908 people, or 1 in 525. In Latvia Liepins is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 55 percent are found, Semigallia, where 24 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this last name exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Liepins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Liepins surname are 19.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.2% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Liepins earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.49% more than the national average, earning $45,951 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.21% more than the national average, earning $60,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liepinš9539/
Liepinsh9383/
Lipins92238/
Lepins9252/
Liepiņš902/
Lepinsh8684/
Llepins8625/
Liepens8610/
Lipinsh866/
Leipins865/
Lespins862/
Lippins862/
Leppins860/
Lepions860/
Lipns831/
Lieppens801/
Lipens776/
Lupins772/
Lipinš771/
Lipiñs771/
Lippens714,519/
Leppens71559/
Leupens7117/
Hlupins713/
Lepinch712/
Lepinze711/
Lepense711/
Lipense711/
Lipinch711/
Lupiens711/
Lueppens671/
Lippensd671/
Lijppens671/
Lyepynsh671/
Leipynsh671/
Leuppens670/

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