Leont'eva Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Leont'eva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Leont'eva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leont'eva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leont'eva is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Leont'eva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leont'eva? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Leont'eva is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Leont'eva are found; 94 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 94 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 9,608,204. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 27 percent are found, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Republic of Karelia, where 13 percent are found. Barring Russia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 6 percent are found and Transnistria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonteva | 94 | 29,432 | / |
| Leont'ev | 94 | 12 | / |
| Leontieva | 89 | 357 | / |
| Leontteva | 89 | 2 | / |
| Leontev | 88 | 25,702 | / |
| Leontiev | 82 | 569 | / |
| Leontiva | 82 | 35 | / |
| Leontyva | 82 | 11 | / |
| Leonteev | 82 | 6 | / |
| Leonttev | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leontewa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leonntev | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leontiewa | 78 | 6 | / |
| Leontiv | 75 | 35 | / |
| Leontew | 75 | 15 | / |
| Leontyv | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ljontev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leantev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leontiew | 71 | 69 | / |
| Leontief | 71 | 9 | / |
| Leonteff | 71 | 3 | / |
| Leontieff | 67 | 171 | / |
| Leontiff | 59 | 2 | / |
| Léontieff | 56 | 1 | / |
| Lieantawa | 56 | 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
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- 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'eva
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