Leiton Surname
Approximately 14,854 people bear this surname
Leiton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 5,644 | 1:847 | 181 |
| Colombia | 5,367 | 1:8,901 | 1,004 |
| Ecuador | 1,384 | 1:11,493 | 1,845 |
| Chile | 946 | 1:18,622 | 1,230 |
| Argentina | 708 | 1:60,372 | 5,149 |
| Spain | 362 | 1:129,149 | 9,875 |
| Uruguay | 107 | 1:32,073 | 3,688 |
| United States | 103 | 1:3,519,019 | 197,606 |
| Nicaragua | 52 | 1:115,790 | 1,997 |
| Paraguay | 42 | 1:172,303 | 3,394 |
| Peru | 32 | 1:993,254 | 18,991 |
| Mexico | 30 | 1:4,137,540 | 26,679 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Panama | 7 | 1:558,894 | 9,437 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Leitón (21) & Leitòn (2) are calculated separately.
Leiton (237) may also be a first name.
Leiton Demographics
Average Leiton Salary in
United States
$41,273 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leiton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leiton is found most frequently in Costa Rica. It may also be found as a variant: Leitón or Leitòn. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiton? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,565th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 490,612 people. Leiton occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Leiton reside; 58 percent reside in South America and 38 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Leiton is also the 581,650th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 237 people.
The surname Leiton is most numerous in Costa Rica, where it is borne by 5,644 people, or 1 in 847. In Costa Rica Leiton is most frequent in: San José Province, where 32 percent reside, Cartago Province, where 23 percent reside and Alajuela Province, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Costa Rica Leiton is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 36 percent reside and Ecuador, where 9 percent reside.
Leiton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leiton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leiton surname increased 3,433 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leiton Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leiton surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Leiton earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,725 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.77% less than the national average, earning $20,031,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 4.35% less than the national average, earning $41,273 USD per year.
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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 Leiton
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