Leineker Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

Leineker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leineker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2681:798,78528,976
Argentina2521:169,61714,244
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818

Leineker (13) may also be a first name.

Leineker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leineker is most common in Brazil. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leineker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 586,691st most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Leineker reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 50 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 798,785. In Brazil Leineker is most common in: Paraná, where 91 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 6 percent reside and Pernambuco, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Brazil Leineker is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 47 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Leineker
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