Lize Surname
Approximately 2,129 people bear this surname
Lize Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 902 | 1:60,064 | 7,578 |
| France | 771 | 1:86,151 | 12,281 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| Brazil | 73 | 1:2,932,525 | 86,118 |
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Kazakhstan | 37 | 1:477,905 | 35,586 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Venezuela | 26 | 1:1,161,695 | 16,759 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Lizé (105) are calculated separately.
Lize (6,409) may also be a first name.
Lize Demographics
Average Lize Salary in
United States
$37,070 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lize Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lize Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lize (Russian: Лизе) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Lizé. Click here for other potential spellings of Lize.
How Common Is The Last Name Lize? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lize is the 196,784th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,422,990 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Lize live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lize is also the 82,116th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 6,409 people.
It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 902 people, or 1 in 60,064. In South Africa Lize is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 17 percent are found and Western Cape, where 15 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Lize occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in France, where 36 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Lize Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lize has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lize last name rose 667 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lize Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Lize surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lize earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 59.28% less than the national average, earning R 96,768 per year; in United States they earn 14.09% less than the national average, earning $37,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning $44,422 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lize Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lize in the Russian language | ||
| Лизе | lize | - |
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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
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- 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 Lize
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