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
Leces occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Léces or Lečéš. For other possible spellings of Leces click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leces? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,727,723rd most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Leces occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Leces reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Leces is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename in the world, held by 12 people.
The last name Leces is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 1,124,869. In The Philippines Leces is most common in: Calabarzon, where 66 percent live, Bicol, where 12 percent live and Central Luzon, where 11 percent live. Other than The Philippines this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 10 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
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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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