Leonessi Surname

1,148,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 209 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Leonessi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leonessi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1931:316,87439,056
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leonessi Last Name Facts

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

Leonessi is most common in Italy. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Leonessi.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonessi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leonessi is the 1,148,257th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leonessi reside; 92 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 92 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 316,874. In Italy it is primarily found in: Tuscany, where 52 percent reside, Emilia-Romagna, where 44 percent reside and Lazio, where 2 percent reside. Besides Italy it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 4 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Leonessi
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