Leonets Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Belarus

Leonets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leonets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3291:138,36719,440
Belarus1441:65,98010,916
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Leonets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leonets (Russian: Леонец) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonets? popularity and diffusion

It is the 596,518th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname Leonets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Leonets live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 138,367. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Volyn Oblast, where 31 percent are found, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Zhytomyr Oblast, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Ukraine this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 28 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.

Leonets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Leonets last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonetse9322/
Leones9218,339/
Leonet921,602/
Leonett863,212/
Leonese8641/
Leounes8625/
Leonnet8612/
Lleones8612/
Lejones869/
Leonete868/
Leoness863/
Leoneus863/
Leonies862/
Leonnes862/
Leoneth862/
Leonits861/
Leonecs861/
Leoneis861/
Leone83105,813/
Leonette80214/
Leonesse807/
Leejones806/
Lehunets804/
Legiones802/
Leyonnes802/
Leonedtt801/
Leoneste801/
Leoneise801/
Leonie774,008/
Leonis771,027/
Lejone77754/
Leonez77579/
Leanes77294/
Leoner77253/
Ljones77225/
Léonet77148/
Leonne7736/
Leoney7723/
Leoneh7719/
Leonec7716/
Leonge7714/
Leyone7713/
Leonés7710/
Leoune777/
Leione776/
Leonís775/
Leeone774/
Lleone774/
Leoned773/
Lieone773/
Leoine773/
Leoneu773/
Leonei772/
Leonex772/
Leanet772/
Leonit772/
Lehone772/
Lèonet772/
Leonee771/
Leonys771/
Leoone771/
Leoneç771/
Leogne770/
Legionnet755/
Leeuonies751/
Leonnette751/
Lajones71919/
Layones71594/
Leonice71360/
Leoniec71180/
Leohner71109/
Ljosnes7161/
Legione7134/
Leaness7130/
Leonnec7121/
Leonise7120/
L'Jones7116/
Leonnie7113/
Leounis719/
Lejonne718/
Leonher716/
Leonhed716/
Leongis715/
Lleanes715/
Lejoned714/
Leonids713/
Leosner712/
Ljomnes712/
Lijones711/
Lleonis711/
Lajonet711/
Leonner711/
Layonet711/
Léonnet711/
L'Leone711/
Leonite711/
Leonnit711/
Leonois711/
Leonytė711/
Loyonet711/
Leehone711/
Leooned710/
Loiones710/
Leonnis710/
Leanett710/
Leoni6736,717/
Leona675,631/
Leane671,126/
Leony67477/
Ljone6756/
Léone6735/
Leoné6721/
Leonaite6719/
Leonaitė676/
Loyonnet675/
Leonh674/
Leothner672/
Lyhanets672/
Leonisse671/
Leoní671/
Leonaice671/
Leonithe671/
Léonette671/
Lejonätt671/
Lehonhie671/
Leonı671/
Lijonete671/
Leanesch670/
Leonoise670/

Leonets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leonets in the Russian language
Леонецleonec-

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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 Leonets
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