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 Male Leiton Height
168.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Leiton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leiton is more commonly found in Costa Rica than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Leitón or Leitòn. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiton? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,565th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 490,612 people. The last name Leiton is primarily found 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 commonly used forename on earth, held by 237 people.
Leiton is most widely held in Costa Rica, where it is carried by 5,644 people, or 1 in 847. In Costa Rica it is primarily found in: San José Province, where 32 percent live, Cartago Province, where 23 percent live and Alajuela Province, where 19 percent live. Aside from Costa Rica this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 36 percent live and Ecuador, where 9 percent live.
Leiton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leiton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 3,433 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leiton Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Leiton last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% 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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