Leontine Surname
Approximately 2,443 people bear this surname
Leontine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,348 | 1:10,083 | 1,325 |
| DR Congo | 691 | 1:106,917 | 11,858 |
| Tanzania | 216 | 1:245,100 | 19,858 |
| Ivory Coast | 91 | 1:253,530 | 10,036 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Léontine (5) are calculated separately.
Leontine (157,021) may also be a first name.
Leontine Demographics
Average Leontine Salary in
United States
$31,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leontine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leontine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leontine is found most in Chad. It may be found as: Léontine. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leontine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 175,367th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,983,031 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Leontine live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 6,689th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 157,021 people.
The last name Leontine is most frequent in Chad, where it is held by 1,348 people, or 1 in 10,083. Excluding Chad this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and Tanzania, where 9 percent are found.
Leontine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leontine has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leontine surname expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leontine Last Name Statistics demography
Leontine earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.18% less than the national average, earning $31,854 USD per year.
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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 Leontine
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