Littenecker Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Littenecker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Littenecker 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
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Littenecker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Littenecker is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Littenecker? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Littenecker is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Littenecker live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,368,819. In Switzerland Littenecker is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 100 percent live. Barring Switzerland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Littenecker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Littenecker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Littenecker surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Litteneker9513/
Leitenecker9112/
Lithenecker910/
Litteneke900/
Lichtenecker87429/
Lihteneker8639/
Leutenecker8270/
Lichteneker824/
Lichtenöcker7822/
Leuteneker7666/
Liteneki741/
Lichtenekes731/
Litinesky605/
Litynesky603/
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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 Littenecker
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