de Leyva Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

de Leyva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Leyva 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
Spain1681:278,28617,191
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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de Leyva Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Leyva is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 1,198,640th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname de Leyva occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of de Leyva live; 86 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 85 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 278,286. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Andalusia, where 48 percent live, Madrid, where 29 percent live and Castilla-La Mancha, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Spain de Leyva occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 6 percent live and Colombia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Leyva
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