Leont'ev Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Leont'ev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Leont'ev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leont'ev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leont'ev is more commonly found in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leont'ev? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leont'ev is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Leont'ev live; 58 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname Leont'ev is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 13,102,096. In Russia Leont'ev is most frequent in: Moscow, where 18 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 18 percent are found and Altai Krai, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leont'eva | 94 | 17 | / |
| Leontev | 93 | 25,702 | / |
| Leonteva | 88 | 29,432 | / |
| Leontiev | 88 | 569 | / |
| Leonteev | 88 | 6 | / |
| Leonttev | 88 | 1 | / |
| Leonntev | 88 | 1 | / |
| Leontteva | 82 | 2 | / |
| Leontiv | 80 | 35 | / |
| Leontew | 80 | 15 | / |
| Leontov | 80 | 11 | / |
| Leontyv | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ljontev | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leantev | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leontiew | 75 | 69 | / |
| Leontief | 75 | 9 | / |
| Leonteff | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leontieff | 71 | 171 | / |
| Leontiff | 63 | 2 | / |
| Léontieff | 59 | 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 Leont'ev
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