Leonela Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Moldova

Leonela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leonela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Leonela (11,570) may also be a first name.

Leonela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leonela is found most in Ecuador. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Leonela.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonela? popularity and diffusion

Leonela is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Leonela live; 44 percent live in South America and 28 percent live in Andean South America. Leonela is also the 55,551st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 11,570 people.

The surname Leonela is most widely held in Ecuador, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 3,976,462. Barring Ecuador this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.

Leonela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Leonela has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leonela surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonelya931/
Leonelo86109/
Leonila8683/
Leoneli8638/
Leonele864/
Leonely861/
Leonelho802/
Leonelio802/
Leonelhi801/
Leoneloi801/
Leoneles801/
Leonilia801/
Leoniloa801/
Leonnilia751/
Leaangela751/
Leonilo7137/
Leonile710/
Lihanela6739/
Leonalio671/
Leoniles671/
Läänelaid6319/
Lihaniela631/

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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 Leonela
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