Leonta Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Leonta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leonta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Leonta (72) may also be a first name.

Leonta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Leonta (Russian: Леонта) is more frequently found in Cyprus than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leonta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Leonta live; 82 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 72 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cyprus, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 68,067. In Cyprus Leonta is most prevalent in: Nicosia District, where 100 percent are found. Other than Cyprus it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Greece, where 6 percent are found.

Leonta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leonta has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leonta last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leontas9227/
Leontea922/
Leonte8310,812/
Leonti831,356/
Leonty83164/
Leanta8340/
Leonto831/
Leontis77672/
Leontyi77356/
Leontes77113/
Leontii7769/
Leontie7752/
Leontiy7751/
Leontos7719/
Leontte775/
Leontei773/
Leontez772/
Leontij771/
Leontuy771/
Leointe771/
Leounto771/
Leantha770/
Leaonte770/
Leontioaia754/
Leontich715/
Leoentti714/
Leontioy711/
Lojuntai711/
Lehounte711/
Lehounto711/
Leontesz711/
Leanti67199/
Leante67153/
Leanto6772/
Léonti671/

Leonta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leonta in the Russian language
Леонтаleonta-

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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 Leonta
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