Leces Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Leces Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 90 | 1:1,124,869 | 91,280 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Léces (1) & Lečéš (1) are calculated separately.
Leces (12) may also be a first name.
Leces Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leces Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leces is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Léces or Lečéš. For other potential spellings of Leces click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leces? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leces is the 1,727,723rd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Leces live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Leces is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name Leces is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,124,869. In The Philippines Leces is most numerous in: Calabarzon, where 66 percent are found, Bicol, where 12 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 11 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Leces is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Leces
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