Leobe Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Leobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Leobe (71) may also be a first name.

Leobe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leobe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leobe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leobe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Leobe is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Leobe live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leobe is also the 1,152,838th most frequent first name in the world, held by 71 people.

Leobe is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Leobe is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.

Leobe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leobe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leobet91421/
Leober912/
Lehobe911/
Lheobe911/
Lehobey8396/
Leobett837/
Leobeer831/
Leejobe831/
Leoba8063/
Leabe8038/
Leowe8030/
Leove8026/
Lehabe73777/
Leobit7397/
Leabeh7320/
Leovey7314/
Luyobe7310/
Leover735/
Leabee735/
Lehowe733/
Lehove732/
Léobet732/
Lejoba731/
Lojobe731/
Leabea731/
Leoubi731/
Lehobi731/
Lehube731/
Leobha731/
Leeowe731/
Lehubje677/
Leouwej671/
Leyoubi671/
Lehabej671/
Lujjobe671/
Lehoubi671/
Leabeah671/
Lehowie671/
Leohuer670/
Leovett670/

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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 Leobe
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