Liên Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Liên Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liên Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Lien (32,885), Lień (2) & Líen (1) are calculated separately.

Liên (15) may also be a first name.

Liên Last Name Facts

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

The last name Liên is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Lien, Lień or Líen. Click here for other potential spellings of Liên.

How Common Is The Last Name Liên? popularity and diffusion

The surname Liên is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Liên occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Liên reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Liên is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Liên is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France Liên is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 67 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 33 percent are found. Barring France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lien9232,885/
Lień832/
Líen831/
Liin75684/
Lyin7525/
Liyn7512/
Leên751/
Liän751/
Lieng672,286/
Lihin67446/
Liene67342/
Lijin67216/
Liyon67196/
Liing67196/
Lioen67126/
Liina6790/
Lijen6764/
Lihen6753/
Liend6735/
Lehin6727/
Ålien6722/
Liøen6721/
Leain6719/
Liind678/
Leein678/
Llyin674/
Lient673/
Lyion673/
Liine673/
Lijyn673/
Liyna673/
Liion673/
Lieen672/
Lyoin672/
Ljing672/
Leoin671/
Liyng671/
Ljina671/
Lyien671/
Liein671/
Lyina671/
Li'en671/
Lienh671/
Ljain671/
Liynt671/
Lgein671/
Lienn670/
Liynd670/
Liynn670/
Lyinn670/
Lyink670/
Ljine670/

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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 Liên
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