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
Average Leiva Salary in
United States
$38,575 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leiva (Arabic: ييفا, Russian: Леива) is borne by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Ļeiva or Leíva. For other potential spellings of Leiva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leiva? popularity and diffusion
Leiva is the 2,232nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 29,680 people. The last name Leiva occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Leiva are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 46 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. Leiva is also the 192,106th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,617 people.
The surname Leiva is most widely held in Argentina, where it is carried by 64,001 people, or 1 in 668. In Argentina it is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 37 percent are found, Santa Fe Province, where 8 percent are found and Tucumán Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Argentina it exists in 79 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 20 percent are found and Peru, where 7 percent are found.
Leiva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leiva has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 10,585 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leiva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leiva surname are 43.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.84% registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Leiva
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