Luersen Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Luersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil5021:426,44316,196
United States2651:1,367,77094,877
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Luersen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luersen is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Luersen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luersen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 436,668th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,271,687 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Luersen are found; 64 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 502 people, or 1 in 426,443. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 53 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 19 percent are found and Paraná, where 18 percent are found. Not including Brazil Luersen is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Luersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Luersen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Luersen last name rose 1,262 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Luersen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Luersen last name are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.71% registered to vote for the party.

Luersen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.92% more than the national average, earning $46,568 USD per year.

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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 Luersen
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