Leona Surname
Approximately 5,631 people bear this surname
Leona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4,541 | 1:22,294 | 2,886 |
| Cameroon | 397 | 1:52,315 | 6,826 |
| Peru | 151 | 1:210,491 | 9,496 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| Ukraine | 91 | 1:500,249 | 57,402 |
| Italy | 65 | 1:940,872 | 68,025 |
| Taiwan | 60 | 1:390,746 | 3,053 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Haiti | 15 | 1:712,260 | 11,091 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Leona (123,827) may also be a first name.
Leona Demographics
Average Leona Salary in
England
£26,095
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Leona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leona (Arabic: يونّا, Georgian: ლეონა, Hindi: लियोना, Marathi: लेओना, Oriya: ଲିଓନା, Russian: Леона) occurs most in The Philippines. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Leona.
How Common Is The Last Name Leona? popularity and diffusion
The last name Leona is the 85,653rd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,294,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Leona live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 8,364th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 123,827 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 4,541 people, or 1 in 22,294. In The Philippines Leona is most prevalent in: Calabarzon, where 29 percent are found, Bicol, where 22 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines it occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Peru, where 3 percent are found.
Leona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
The amount Leona earn in different countries varies marginally. In Peru they earn 2.34% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,932 per year and in Canada they earn 0.76% less than the national average, earning $49,304 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leona in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეონა | leona | - |
| Leona in the Hindi language | ||
| लियोना | liyona | - |
| Leona in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିଓନା | li'ona | - |
| Leona in the Marathi language | ||
| लेओना | le'ona | - |
| Leona in the Russian language | ||
| Леона | leona | - |
| Leona in the Arabic language | ||
| يونّا | ywna | - |
| يوّنا | ywna | - |
| ليونا | lywna | - |
| يونا | ywna | - |
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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 Leona
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