Leove Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Leove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Leove (196) may also be a first name.
Leove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leove Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leove is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leove? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Leove occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Leove live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Leove is also the 648,004th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 196 people.
Leove is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Leove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leove has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Leove surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leovey | 91 | 14 | / |
| Leover | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lehove | 91 | 2 | / |
| Leovett | 83 | 0 | / |
| Leave | 80 | 539 | / |
| Leovy | 80 | 40 | / |
| Leowe | 80 | 30 | / |
| Leobe | 80 | 9 | / |
| Leovi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Leahovet | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leobet | 73 | 421 | / |
| Leovit | 73 | 48 | / |
| Leovis | 73 | 18 | / |
| Leövey | 73 | 5 | / |
| Leavee | 73 | 4 | / |
| Leovio | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lehowe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Leoova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lehave | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leober | 73 | 2 | / |
| Leovay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lihove | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lehobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leaveh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leeowe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lheobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leavea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lehobey | 67 | 96 | / |
| Leovich | 67 | 35 | / |
| Leobett | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lyhovez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leobeer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lleovit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lojhave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leovitt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehowie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leejobe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leouwej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leohuer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Leove
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