de Léo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Léo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Léo 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
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288

The alternate forms: de Leo (9,120) are calculated separately.

de Léo Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Léo is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: de Leo. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name de Léo is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of de Léo are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 79 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The surname is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 64 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Brazil de Léo occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 21 percent are found.

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 Leo949,120/
de Lío831/
di Léo831/
de Leao772,227/
de Leoz77255/
de Leos77146/
di Leo6711,677/
de Lea6721/
da Leo6710/
De-Leo672/
de Lijó621/
de Lija621/
da Leao621/
de Leija57814/
de Leyja572/
da Leaho571/
Di-Leo504/
da Lea502/
di Lea502/
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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 Léo
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