Leo-Smith Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Leo-Smith Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Leo & Smith.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leo-Smith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leo-Smith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leo-Smith Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leo-Smith occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Leo-Smith? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Leo-Smith live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa Leo-Smith is most common in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Leo-Smith Last Name Statistics demography

Leo-Smith earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.84% less than the national average, earning R 183,372 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
  • 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 Leo-Smith
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