Leonovs Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Leonovs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 548 | 1:3,741 | 499 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ļeonovs (1) are calculated separately.
Leonovs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leonovs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leonovs is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Ļeonovs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leonovs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 560,645th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leonovs are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
Leonovs is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 548 people, or 1 in 3,741. In Latvia Leonovs is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 39 percent reside, Latgale, where 37 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Latvia this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ļeonovs | 95 | 1 | / |
| Leonov | 92 | 56,748 | / |
| Leonova | 86 | 66,389 | / |
| Leosnov | 86 | 22 | / |
| Leonows | 86 | 4 | / |
| Leonoov | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leonnov | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leyonov | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lleonov | 86 | 1 | / |
| Leoonov | 86 | 1 | / |
| Legionov | 80 | 40 | / |
| Leoonova | 80 | 2 | / |
| Leonnova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lleonova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leounova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leonow | 77 | 178 | / |
| Leonof | 77 | 15 | / |
| Leanov | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ļeonov | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leonovová | 75 | 2 | / |
| Leonoff | 71 | 250 | / |
| Lehanov | 71 | 15 | / |
| Laionov | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ļeonova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Layonov | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lihonov | 71 | 2 | / |
| Leonowa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lyoonov | 71 | 1 | / |
| Léonova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lehanova | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lihanovs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lejonhav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leonhoff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hlehanova | 63 | 1 | / |
| Leonów | 62 | 6 | / |
| Leonaw | 62 | 0 | / |
| Lihanov | 57 | 39 | / |
| Lyhanov | 57 | 32 | / |
| L'Yanov | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ljanova | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lihanova | 53 | 45 | / |
| Lyhanova | 53 | 45 | / |
| Ljangova | 53 | 7 | / |
| Lijanova | 53 | 2 | / |
| L'Yanova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lljanova | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hlihanova | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Leonovs
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