Leontine Surname

175,367th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Leontine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leontine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad1,3481:10,0831,325
DR Congo6911:106,91711,858
Tanzania2161:245,10019,858
Ivory Coast911:253,53010,036
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
France31:22,140,907385,998
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Léontine (5) are calculated separately.

Leontine (157,021) may also be a first name.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Léontine965/
Leontiner942/
Leaontine940/
Leontini88268/
Leonthin8844/
Leontyne885/
Leontein885/
Leantoine821/
Leonthina821/
Leontynett781/
Leontean7581/
Legiantini6718/
Liantini63114/

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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 Leontine
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