Leontjev Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Leontjev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 121 | 1:25,079 | 4,473 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Leontjev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leontjev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leontjev is held by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Leontjev.
How Common Is The Last Name Leontjev? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,235,409th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Leontjev reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Lithuania, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 25,079. In Lithuania it is mostly concentrated in: Vilnius County, where 79 percent live, Kaunas County, where 17 percent live and Utena County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Lithuania this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 24 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leontjeva | 94 | 409 | / |
| Leontjevs | 94 | 48 | / |
| Leontijev | 94 | 1 | / |
| Leontijeva | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leontyev | 88 | 7,512 | / |
| Leontiev | 88 | 569 | / |
| Leontjew | 88 | 43 | / |
| Leontsev | 88 | 25 | / |
| Leontjef | 88 | 1 | / |
| Leontjeff | 82 | 10 | / |
| Leont'yev | 82 | 2 | / |
| Leonťjeva | 82 | 2 | / |
| Leontgevs | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leontiew | 75 | 69 | / |
| Leonchev | 75 | 49 | / |
| Leontief | 75 | 9 | / |
| Leontyyv | 75 | 4 | / |
| Leonçeva | 75 | 3 | / |
| Leongiev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leontieff | 71 | 171 | / |
| Leonchiv | 63 | 2 | / |
| Laioncev | 63 | 1 | / |
| Léontieff | 59 | 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
- 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 Leontjev
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