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 last name Leonice is found most in Venezuela. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonice? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 785,023rd most frequently held surname worldwide, 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 frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 40,273 people.

Leonice is most commonly occurring in Venezuela, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 109,833. In Venezuela it is mostly found in: Sucre, where 35 percent reside, Monagas, where 19 percent reside and Bolívar, where 19 percent reside. Beside Venezuela Leonice is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 10 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
  • 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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