Leonice Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Leonice Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leonice Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela2751:109,8333,879
Haiti381:281,1559,538
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Saint Lucia31:59,5942,472
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Leonice (40,273) may also be a first name.

Leonice Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leonice is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Leonice.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonice? popularity and diffusion

The surname Leonice is the 785,023rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Leonice live; 86 percent live in South America and 76 percent live in Caribbean South America. Leonice is also the 22,076th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 40,273 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 109,833. In Venezuela it is most common in: Sucre, where 35 percent are found, Monagas, where 19 percent are found and Bolívar, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Venezuela this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Leonice
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