Leontina Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Leontina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leontina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Leontina (37,826) may also be a first name.

Leontina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leontina (Georgian: ლეონტინა, Oriya: େଲଓିନା, Russian: Леонтина) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leontina? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,235,409th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Leontina reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Leontina is also the 23,267th most frequent forename internationally. It is borne by 37,826 people.

It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.

Leontina Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Leontina has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leontina surname increased 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leontinah941/
Leonthina941/
Leontin9324/
Leontinova892/
Leontino88115/
Leonthin8844/
Leonting8818/
Leontien883/
Leontyna882/
Leontinne8221/
Leontinos821/
Liontino755/
Leantino753/
Leonteng751/
Leonteen750/
Liantino63136/

Leontina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leontina in the Georgian language
ლეონტინაleontina-
Leontina in the Oriya language
େଲଓିନାelaoina-
Leontina in the Russian language
Леонтинаleontina-

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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 Leontina
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