Leove Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Leove Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leove Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

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

The last name Leove is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leove? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Leove are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Leove is also the 648,004th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 196 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea Leove is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Leove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Leove has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leove surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leovey9114/
Leover915/
Lehove912/
Leovett830/
Leave80539/
Leovy8040/
Leowe8030/
Leobe809/
Leovi804/
Leahovet772/
Leobet73421/
Leovit7348/
Leovis7318/
Leövey735/
Leavee734/
Leovio734/
Lehowe733/
Leoova732/
Lehave732/
Leober732/
Leovay732/
Lihove731/
Lehobe731/
Leaveh731/
Leeowe731/
Lheobe731/
Leavea731/
Lehobey6796/
Leovich6735/
Leobett677/
Lyhovez671/
Leobeer671/
Lleovit671/
Lojhave671/
Leovitt671/
Lehowie671/
Leejobe671/
Leouwej671/
Leohuer670/

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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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