de Leça Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Leça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Leça 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
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: de Leca (249) are calculated separately.

de Leça Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Leça is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: de Leca. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 5,812,366th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname de Leça occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of de Leça reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa de Leça is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 60 percent reside and Western Cape, where 40 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 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
de Leca95249/
de Lesa863/
de Leza862/
de Lessa80153/
de Lecea8099/
de Leacy8042/
de Lease809/
de Leusa808/
de Leuza807/
de Leasa804/
de Lecia803/
de Lleixa751/
de Leacey751/
de Lisa71932/
de Lise71473/
de Losa71219/
de Lasa71167/
de Lice7113/
de Leso7112/
de Lica717/
de Liza714/
de Laso714/
de Lese713/
de Lezo713/
de Lesi712/
de Loiseau711/
di Lesa711/
de Lize711/
de Luise67943/
de Lacey67338/
de Luisa67296/
de Lissa6739/
de Liser6732/
de Luiza6725/
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de Lisse6715/
da Lessa6711/
de Lyser679/
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de Lasho675/
de Lasso675/
de Liche675/
de Lizeu675/
de Licia674/
de Lesio673/
de Llosa673/
de Leuce673/
de Leese672/
de Lasio672/
de Lassa672/
de Liseu671/
de Lisie671/
de Loyza671/
de Lesso671/
da Lecia671/
de Glise671/
de Loisa671/
de Leuse671/
de Licha671/
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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 Leça
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