Leita Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Leita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 363 | 1:168,476 | 25,567 |
| United States | 154 | 1:2,353,629 | 145,693 |
| Argentina | 69 | 1:619,470 | 43,674 |
| Brazil | 68 | 1:3,148,152 | 91,004 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Chile | 29 | 1:607,465 | 14,668 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Leíta (1) are calculated separately.
Leita (1,181) may also be a first name.
Leita Demographics
Average Leita Salary in
United States
$43,972 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leita (Georgian: ლეიტა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺖ, Marathi: लेइटा) occurs most in Italy. It can appear as a variant: Leíta. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leita? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 398,612th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,253,166 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Leita reside; 42 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 230,871st most widespread given name in the world, held by 1,181 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Italy, where it is held by 363 people, or 1 in 168,476. In Italy it is primarily found in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 75 percent reside, Marche, where 9 percent reside and Trentino-Alto Adige, where 8 percent reside. Barring Italy it occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Argentina, where 8 percent reside.
Leita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Leita surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Leita earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 42.13% less than the national average, earning €17,377 per year; in South Africa they earn 98.92% more than the national average, earning R 472,716 per year and in United States they earn 1.91% more than the national average, earning $43,972 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leita in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეიტა | leita | - |
| Leita in the Marathi language | ||
| लेइटा | le'ita | - |
| Leita in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﺖ | lyt | 37.5 |
| ﻟﻴﺘﻪ | lyth | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺘﻪ | allyth | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﺖ | alyt | 6.25 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺔ | allyt | 6.25 |
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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 Leita
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