de Leite Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de Leite Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Leite 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
Brazil981:2,184,43268,273
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

de Leite Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Leite is found most frequently in Brazil. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of de Leite live; 96 percent live in South America and 93 percent live in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 2,184,432. In Brazil de Leite is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 24 percent live, Pernambuco, where 17 percent live and Goiás, where 12 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lete935/
de Leste8850/
da Leite889/
de Laete886/
de Lette882/
di Leite881/
de Letes881/
de Leith881/
de Lit8626/
de Leijster8434/
de Leichter843/
de Letter82680/
de Laethe821/
de Lister821/
de Lester821/
de Laet804,312/
de Leth8055/
de Lait8010/
de Lett808/
de Late808/
de Leta805/
de List802/
de Loit801/
de Liet801/
de Lijster78448/
de Leyster786/
de Loisted784/
de Leest75321/
de Later75163/
de Latte75158/
de Litta7543/
de Laedt7511/
de Letis7510/
de Lates757/
de Laeth756/
de Laiti752/
der Lith752/
da Leste752/
da Laite752/
de Laett751/
der List751/
de Lieti751/
der Luit751/
de Lat71147/
de Latter7196/
de Laater7137/
de Lyster7127/
de Louter719/
de Lauter717/
de Lattes712/
De Led712/
da Leyate711/
de Lhates711/
de Laat674,816/
di Leta67244/
De-Leth676/
de Lata673/
De-Late673/
de Laitsch672/
da Laet671/
De-Lait671/
de Ledz671/
de Laed671/
de Latt671/
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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Leite
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