de Leiva Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

de Leiva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Leiva 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
Guatemala461:349,6234,757
Spain421:1,113,14439,565
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

de Leiva Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Leiva is more frequently found in Guatemala than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of de Leiva reside; 47 percent reside in Central America and 47 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Guatemala, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 349,623. In Guatemala it is primarily concentrated in: Guatemala Department, where 96 percent reside. Apart from Guatemala this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 39 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 percent reside.

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
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de Leva93309/
de Liva9332/
de Leyva88197/
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de Levay882/
de Leiba881/
de Levat881/
de Llevat821/
di Leva802,456/
de Levy8077/
de Lava8043/
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de Levi801/
di Liva801/
de Livi801/
de Levie7551/
de Laive7541/
de Livio7532/
de Lavau7529/
de Leyba7513/
de Lavay7510/
de Leves759/
de Louva758/
de Levis753/
de Liboa753/
de Llava752/
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de Livoi751/
de Laiba751/
de Lever751/
de Livois7117/
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de Leaver712/
de Leavit710/
da Lewa67152/
di Leve6796/
da Leve6724/
de Laba6719/
De-Levi6717/
Di-Leva6717/
De-Levy6714/
di Levo6711/
da Lava677/
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de Laveaux676/
de Lave675/
de Lavo673/
de Laby673/
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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
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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
  • 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 Leiva
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