Leto Surname
Approximately 16,242 people bear this surname
Leto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 4,299 | 1:33,525 | 4,555 |
| Italy | 3,674 | 1:16,646 | 2,828 |
| United States | 3,180 | 1:113,981 | 12,330 |
| Indonesia | 1,160 | 1:114,008 | 11,587 |
| Ivory Coast | 487 | 1:47,374 | 2,956 |
| Argentina | 413 | 1:103,495 | 8,759 |
| Papua New Guinea | 339 | 1:24,052 | 2,643 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Belarus | 267 | 1:35,584 | 6,154 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 214 | 1:16,525 | 3,070 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| France | 191 | 1:347,763 | 52,251 |
| Brazil | 134 | 1:1,597,570 | 52,858 |
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Kazakhstan | 126 | 1:140,337 | 14,283 |
| Uganda | 91 | 1:429,003 | 26,108 |
| Germany | 91 | 1:884,675 | 63,174 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Croatia | 73 | 1:57,926 | 10,865 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | 1:435,622 | 10,503 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Australia | 47 | 1:574,377 | 41,856 |
| Mexico | 42 | 1:2,955,386 | 22,751 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Peru | 40 | 1:794,603 | 17,297 |
| Slovakia | 34 | 1:156,954 | 27,796 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Azerbaijan | 17 | 1:567,595 | 10,450 |
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Marshall Islands | 14 | 1:3,702 | 761 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
| Serbia | 13 | 1:549,611 | 20,712 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Transnistria | 10 | 1:47,470 | 7,079 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Léto (2) & Létó (1) are calculated separately.
Leto (3,013) may also be a first name.
Leto Demographics
Average Male Leto Height
175.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Leto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leto (Marathi: लेटो, Oriya: େଲତ, Russian: Лето) occurs most in Russia. It can also appear as: Léto or Létó. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leto? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,736th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 448,685 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Leto live; 24 percent live in Eastern Europe and 23 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 131,783rd most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 3,013 people.
Leto is most widely held in Russia, where it is carried by 4,299 people, or 1 in 33,525. In Russia it is mostly found in: Moscow, where 22 percent live, Mari El Republic, where 11 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 9 percent live. Outside of Russia this last name occurs in 91 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Leto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leto has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 106,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Leto last name are 4.78% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 51.55% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Leto earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 1.53% more than the national average, earning €30,490 per year; in Norway they earn 14.59% less than the national average, earning 295,603 kr per year; in Peru they earn 10.19% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,410 per year; in United States they earn 15.79% more than the national average, earning $49,961 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.36% more than the national average, earning $52,843 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leto in the Marathi language | ||
| लेटो | leto | - |
| Leto in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲତ | elata | 80 |
| େଲେତା | eleta | 20 |
| Leto in the Russian language | ||
| Лето | leto | - |
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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 Leto
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