Leyte Surname
Approximately 5,161 people bear this surname
Leyte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,267 | 1:44,657 | 7,168 |
| Mexico | 2,141 | 1:57,976 | 2,805 |
| Canada | 388 | 1:94,963 | 10,347 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Peru | 26 | 1:1,222,466 | 20,703 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Leyté (1) are calculated separately.
Leyte (247) may also be a first name.
Leyte Demographics
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Leyte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leyte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leyte (Arabic: ليت, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺖ, Russian: Лейте) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Leyté. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leyte? popularity and diffusion
Leyte is the 92,570th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,412,041 people. The last name Leyte occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Leyte reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 567,531st most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 247 people.
The surname Leyte is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2,267 people, or 1 in 44,657. In The Philippines Leyte is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 25 percent live, National Capital Region, where 18 percent live and Calabarzon, where 10 percent live. Beside The Philippines Leyte exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 41 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.
Leyte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leyte has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leyte last name increased 9,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leyte Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leyte surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Leyte earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.22% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,100 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.35% more than the national average, earning R 404,808 per year; in United States they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $44,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.73% less than the national average, earning $42,366 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leyte Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leyte in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺖ | allyt | 66.67 |
| ﻟﻴﺖ | lyt | 33.33 |
| Leyte in the Russian language | ||
| Лейте | lejte | - |
| Leyte in the Arabic language | ||
| ليت | lyt | - |
| ليتي | lyty | - |
| يتي | yty | - |
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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 Leyte
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