Lé Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Lé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal2261:46,0982,654
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
France101:6,642,272293,169
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

The alternate forms: Le (7,542,572), (758) & (6) are calculated separately.

(100) may also be a first name.

Lé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lé is carried by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Le, or . Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lé? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 945,594th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Lé reside; 82 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 82 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held given name in the world. It is borne by 100 people.

The surname is most numerous in Portugal, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 46,098. Not including Portugal Lé occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Le837,542,572/
83758/
836/
Lép80114/
Léa8074/
Léh8027/
Lée805/
Lés803/
Lér802/
Léi801/
Lécz67156/
Lépő67103/
Léhy6715/
Léga679/
Léis672/
Lépp671/
Léss671/
Ålér671/
Légi671/
Llés671/

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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 Lé
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