Leontjeva Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Leontjeva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 194 | 1:15,642 | 2,865 |
| Latvia | 157 | 1:13,058 | 1,925 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Leonťjeva (2) are calculated separately.
Leontjeva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leontjeva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leontjeva occurs most in Lithuania. It may appear in the variant forms: Leonťjeva. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leontjeva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 714,947th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Leontjeva reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The last name Leontjeva is most widely held in Lithuania, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 15,642. In Lithuania it is mostly concentrated in: Vilnius County, where 99 percent reside and Kaunas County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Lithuania Leontjeva occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 38 percent reside and Estonia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonťjeva | 96 | 2 | / |
| Leontjevas | 95 | 5 | / |
| Leontijeva | 95 | 1 | / |
| Leontjev | 94 | 188 | / |
| Leontyeva | 89 | 10,655 | / |
| Leontieva | 89 | 357 | / |
| Leontjevs | 89 | 48 | / |
| Leontseva | 89 | 37 | / |
| Leontjewa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leontijev | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leontyev | 82 | 7,512 | / |
| Leontiev | 82 | 569 | / |
| Leontjew | 82 | 43 | / |
| Leonçeva | 82 | 3 | / |
| Leontjef | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leoncheva | 78 | 91 | / |
| Leontjeff | 78 | 10 | / |
| Leontiewa | 78 | 6 | / |
| Leont'yev | 78 | 2 | / |
| Leontyiova | 74 | 3 | / |
| Leontiew | 71 | 69 | / |
| Leontief | 71 | 9 | / |
| Leontyyv | 71 | 4 | / |
| Leontieff | 67 | 171 | / |
| Leonchiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Léontieff | 56 | 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
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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 Leontjeva
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