Literal Surname
Approximately 2,000 people bear this surname
Literal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,865 | 1:54,283 | 9,026 |
| United States | 109 | 1:3,325,311 | 189,554 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 168 | 1:298,921 | 23,746 |
Literal Demographics
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Literal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Literal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Literal (Arabic: الحرفي) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Literal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Literal is the 207,065th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,643,773 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Literal are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Literal is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,865 people, or 1 in 54,283. In The Philippines Literal is primarily found in: Bicol, where 32 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 12 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Literal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Literal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Literal surname declined 35 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Literal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Literal last name are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.63% being registered with the political party.
Literal earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21% less than the national average, earning $34,087 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litteral | 93 | 1,868 | / |
| Litterall | 88 | 11 | / |
| Leteral | 86 | 55 | / |
| Litiral | 86 | 7 | / |
| Luteral | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lutteral | 80 | 244 | / |
| Letteral | 80 | 3 | / |
| Littaral | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lutheral | 80 | 0 | / |
| Letereal | 80 | 0 | / |
| Littiral | 80 | 0 | / |
| Litterol | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lutterall | 75 | 3 | / |
| Luthereal | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leiterholt | 71 | 43 | / |
| Letiral | 71 | 25 | / |
| Lutiral | 71 | 19 | / |
| Leiterhold | 71 | 8 | / |
| Letterhall | 71 | 4 | / |
| Leiterholdt | 67 | 10 | / |
| Letterholt | 59 | 1 | / |
| Leatherholt | 56 | 2 | / |
Literal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Literal in the Arabic language | ||
| الحرفي | alhrfy | - |
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Literal Reference & Research
Litteral FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Literal
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis