Lyssens Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Lyssens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lyssens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4331:26,5514,223
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lyssens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lyssens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lyssens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 672,867th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Lyssens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 26,551. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 5 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leyssens931,511/
Layssens931/
Lysens92145/
Lissens86991/
Leysens86394/
Lessens86162/
Liessens80551/
Lijssens8067/
Leessens801/
Lesens77357/
Lisens7776/
Leijssens751/
Liesens71320/
Lessins714/
Lesense712/
Leesens711/
Leasens710/
Lesuens710/
Lessence6715/
Lessions671/

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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 Lyssens
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