Leontsev Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Leontsev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
Leontsev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leontsev Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leontsev (Russian: Леонцев) is found most in Russia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leontsev? popularity and diffusion
Leontsev is the 3,957,383rd most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Leontsev occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Leontsev reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Leontsev is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 7,585,424. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow Oblast, where 74 percent reside, Moscow, where 21 percent reside and Bashkortostan Republic, where 5 percent reside. Other than Russia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 24 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leontsev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leontsev in the Russian language | ||
| Леонцев | leoncev | - |
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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 Leontsev
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