Liß Surname

386,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 919 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Liß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9181:87,69711,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Li (104,892,114), (5) & (1) are calculated separately.

Liß Last Name Facts

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

The surname Liß is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Li, or . For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Liß? popularity and diffusion

Liß is the 386,348th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,929,865 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Liß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Liß is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 918 people, or 1 in 87,697. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live, Berlin, where 10 percent live and Brandenburg, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Li93104,892,114/
Leiß861,367/
Ließ86547/
Laiß8625/
Liße8610/
Lißt861/
805/
801/
Leiße75304/
Lei673,739,001/
Lai673,581,809/
Lui6799,152/
Lis6791,537/
Lie6750,006/
Loi6738,016/
Lia6735,092/
Lio6711,281/
Liz677,308/
Lit673,489/
Lip673,340/
Lid671,974/
Lix671,462/
Lii671,162/
Lih671,158/
Lli671,018/
Liy67604/
Leß67160/
Lhi6791/
Lyi6786/
Lij6743/
Hli6730/
Lyß6711/
Lgi672/
Liṓ671/
Léi671/
Liǔ671/
Liù671/
Lợi671/
Lại671/

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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 Liß
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