de Lea Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Italy

de Lea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Lea 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
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

de Lea Demographics

de Lea Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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de Lea Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Lea occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of de Lea.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lea? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. de Lea occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of de Lea are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

de Lea is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 77 percent live and Connecticut, where 23 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 24 percent live and Italy, where 14 percent live.

de Lea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Lea has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Lea surname expanded 217 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Lea Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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
de Leao922,227/
de Leia924/
de Leay920/
de La915,692/
de Le91492/
de Leija86814/
de L'Eau862/
de Leyja862/
de Leahy861/
de Leach860/
de Leo839,120/
de Loa83513/
de Ley83402/
de Leu83267/
de Lee83263/
de Lai83249/
de Lia83222/
de Lau83202/
de Lie83193/
de Lat83147/
de Lay83134/
de Las83120/
de Lap8340/
de Loe8331/
de Les8321/
de Laa8313/
de Lla8313/
de Lue834/
de Lei834/
da Lea832/
di Lea832/
des Le832/
De Led832/
de Lae831/
de Lye831/
der La831/
de Ler831/
de Laat774,816/
de Laia772,721/
de Leus77585/
de Leoz77255/
de Leye77178/
de Luya77147/
de Leos77146/
de Loya7799/
de Leij7792/
de Lapp7758/
de Leth7755/
de Laya7753/
de Leis7751/
de Loia7739/
de Laha7735/
de Leer7734/
de Loye7725/
de Leux7716/
de Lowe7712/
de Lait7710/
de Leão778/
de Lett778/
de Loey777/
de Laus776/
de Laai776/
de Loja775/
de Lash774/
de Lais774/
de Less773/
de Layo773/
de Ladd773/
de Luia772/
der Lee772/
de Lias772/
de Laii772/
de Lach772/
de Laiz772/
de Lehy772/
de Laio772/
de Leio772/
de Latt771/
de Laup771/
da Leao771/
di Leua771/
de Laje771/
de Lass771/
de Lhay771/
de Lhez771/
de Lija771/
de Ledz771/
de La Z771/
De Laie771/
de Liaa771/
de Llay771/
de Lees770/
de Lahy770/
de Ly73106/
de Li7336/
da La7327/
di Le734/
de Lê732/
de Lé732/
De-La732/
de Leest71321/
de Leyos7195/
de Lejos7155/
de Legge7140/
de Loyas7138/
de Luyas7119/
de Laytz7118/
de Laias7114/
de Logie7110/
de Geele7110/
de Louya714/
de Lajes712/
de Loeij712/
da Leaho711/
de Leiss711/
des Ïles711/
de Louha711/
de Lajas711/
de Lautz711/
de Leith711/
de Hlerh711/
de Lahay710/
di Leo6711,677/
de Liz675,325/
de Lio67689/
de Lis67255/
de Lahaye6745/
di Leu6726/
de Lit6726/
de Loy6722/
di Lei6714/
de Léo6714/
de Luy6714/
de Lou6712/
da Leo6710/
da Lei679/
de Loi678/
da Ley675/
de Lyz675/
da Lee674/
De-Lay673/
de Lui673/
di Lee672/
di Lau672/
da Lia672/
de Lij672/
De-Leo672/
De-Leu672/
da Lai672/
di Lai671/
di Lay671/
der Li671/
da Lah671/
da Lla671/
da Lap671/
da Lle671/
da Laz671/
de Lío671/
de Lahays671/
de Layhtz671/
da Lúa671/
De-Las671/
De-Ley671/
da Loa671/
di Lue671/
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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 de Lea
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