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

Leove occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Leove.

How Common Is The Last Name Leove? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Leove reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Leove is also the 648,004th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 196 people.

The surname is most widely held 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 live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Leove Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leove has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leove last name declined 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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