Lécz Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Lécz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lécz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1531:64,1596,643
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Lecz (226) are calculated separately.

Lécz Last Name Facts

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

Lécz occurs most in Hungary. It may occur as a variant: Lecz. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lécz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lécz is the 1,398,030th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lécz live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

Lécz is most common in Hungary, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 64,159. In Hungary it is most numerous in: Pest County, where 27 percent live, Heves County, where 24 percent live and Fejér County, where 14 percent live. Excluding Hungary Lécz exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lecz92226/
Licz75167/
Löcz758/
Ljcz751/
Léczová735/
Lé67277/
Leucz6749/
Leicz678/
Lescz671/
Hlicz671/
Latcz671/
Lascz671/
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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 Lécz
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