Leitane Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Leitane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 624 | 1:3,285 | 422 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Leitāne (7) & Leitâne (1) are calculated separately.
Leitane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leitane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leitane (Russian: Леитане) occurs most in Latvia. It may appear in the variant forms: Leitāne or Leitâne. For other possible spellings of Leitane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leitane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leitane is the 504,389th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. Leitane occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leitane reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 624 people, or 1 in 3,285. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 45 percent are found, Latgale, where 33 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leitane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leitane in the Russian language | ||
| Леитане | leitane | - |
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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 Leitane
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