Lilienthal Surname

102,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lilienthal Surname Definition:

(German) Lily valley.

Lilienthal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,3611:34,0984,500
United States1,7621:205,70920,180
Australia911:296,65626,074
Israel851:100,67811,575
Estonia771:17,1662,887
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
France181:3,690,151224,666
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
England81:6,964,757184,742
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:545,85537,602

The alternate forms: Liliënthal (1) are calculated separately.

Lilienthal (10) may also be a first name.

Lilienthal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Lily valley.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

LILIENTHAL: (German.) Local. The vale of lilies, from lilie, a lily, and thal, a vale; so Blumenthal, the vale of flowers. A town in Bremen, Hanover.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Lilienthal Last Name Facts

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

Lilienthal occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Liliënthal. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lilienthal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lilienthal is the 102,384th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,583,561 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Lilienthal reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lilienthal is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 10 people.

The last name Lilienthal is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 2,361 people, or 1 in 34,098. In Germany Lilienthal is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 20 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Lilienthal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lilienthal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lilienthal surname expanded 1,915 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lilienthal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lilienthal are 1.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.84% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lilienthal earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.76% more than the national average, earning $47,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.33% more than the national average, earning $55,811 CAD per year.

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