Leiva Surname
Approximately 245,541 people bear this surname
Leiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 64,001 | 1:668 | 88 |
| Chile | 49,176 | 1:358 | 70 |
| Peru | 16,259 | 1:1,955 | 326 |
| Honduras | 15,684 | 1:562 | 135 |
| Paraguay | 14,759 | 1:490 | 130 |
| Nicaragua | 11,211 | 1:537 | 117 |
| Spain | 10,323 | 1:4,529 | 565 |
| El Salvador | 9,737 | 1:652 | 130 |
| Colombia | 9,719 | 1:4,916 | 736 |
| Guatemala | 9,332 | 1:1,723 | 294 |
| Costa Rica | 7,631 | 1:626 | 150 |
| United States | 6,986 | 1:51,884 | 6,251 |
| Cuba | 6,775 | 1:1,701 | 260 |
| Venezuela | 3,922 | 1:7,701 | 821 |
| Ecuador | 2,609 | 1:6,097 | 1,002 |
| Mexico | 2,151 | 1:57,706 | 2,797 |
| Brazil | 1,620 | 1:132,145 | 5,030 |
| Uruguay | 964 | 1:3,560 | 417 |
| Bolivia | 922 | 1:11,515 | 1,196 |
| Belize | 491 | 1:724 | 155 |
| Canada | 261 | 1:141,171 | 14,531 |
| Panama | 175 | 1:22,356 | 1,440 |
| France | 171 | 1:388,437 | 57,373 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Ukraine | 43 | 1:1,058,667 | 96,518 |
| Norway | 37 | 1:138,981 | 17,684 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Italy | 28 | 1:2,184,167 | 91,195 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Andorra | 18 | 1:4,658 | 913 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 1:760,889 | 48,111 |
The alternate forms: Ļeiva (1) & Leíva (1) are calculated separately.
Leiva (1,617) may also be a first name.
Leiva Demographics
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Leiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leiva (Arabic: ييفا, Russian: Леива) is borne by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Ļeiva or Leíva. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,232nd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 29,680 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Leiva live; 67 percent live in South America and 46 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. Leiva is also the 192,106th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,617 people.
The surname is most widespread in Argentina, where it is carried by 64,001 people, or 1 in 668. In Argentina Leiva is primarily found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 37 percent live, Santa Fe Province, where 8 percent live and Tucumán Province, where 5 percent live. Besides Argentina this last name is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 20 percent live and Peru, where 7 percent live.
Leiva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leiva has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 10,585 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leiva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leiva last name are 43.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.84% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Leiva earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 34.15% less than the national average, earning €19,776 per year; in Norway they earn 21.18% less than the national average, earning 272,781 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.63% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,712 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning $22,268,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.6% less than the national average, earning $38,575 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.91% less than the national average, earning $47,740 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leiva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leiva in the Russian language | ||
| Леива | leiva | - |
| Leiva in the Arabic language | ||
| ييفا | yyfa | - |
| يفا | yfa | - |
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Leiva Reference & Research
Leiva Family Since 1820 in Santa Fe Argentina - A page covering the arrival in Argentina and European ancestors.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Leiva
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