Leça Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Leça Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 481 | 1:21,660 | 1,486 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Leca (9,431) & Léca (1) are calculated separately.
Leça Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leça Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leça is most common in Portugal. It can occur in the variant forms: Leca or Léca. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leça? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 601,015th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Leça reside; 93 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 93 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
It is most widely held in Portugal, where it is carried by 481 people, or 1 in 21,660. Beside Portugal it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leca | 92 | 9,431 | / |
| Leçaj | 89 | 75 | / |
| Leças | 89 | 1 | / |
| Léca | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lesa | 75 | 13,818 | / |
| Leza | 75 | 6,511 | / |
| Lexa | 75 | 1,789 | / |
| Liça | 75 | 84 | / |
| Leço | 75 | 83 | / |
| Leţa | 75 | 34 | / |
| Loça | 75 | 7 | / |
| Leçi | 75 | 7 | / |
| Lcea | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lxea | 75 | 2 | / |
| Leša | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lessa | 67 | 32,457 | / |
| Licea | 67 | 19,875 | / |
| Hleza | 67 | 3,671 | / |
| Lesia | 67 | 3,465 | / |
| Letsa | 67 | 3,215 | / |
| Leysa | 67 | 2,962 | / |
| Lecha | 67 | 1,657 | / |
| Leica | 67 | 1,215 | / |
| Lecea | 67 | 1,050 | / |
| Leasa | 67 | 1,027 | / |
| Lesha | 67 | 932 | / |
| Leisa | 67 | 923 | / |
| Leacy | 67 | 919 | / |
| Liçaj | 67 | 892 | / |
| Leiza | 67 | 846 | / |
| Lecaj | 67 | 700 | / |
| Lezza | 67 | 650 | / |
| Lesas | 67 | 560 | / |
| Leeza | 67 | 533 | / |
| Liesa | 67 | 413 | / |
| Lesay | 67 | 368 | / |
| Lisea | 67 | 301 | / |
| Laçaj | 67 | 290 | / |
| Lezaj | 67 | 230 | / |
| Laesa | 67 | 195 | / |
| Lesaj | 67 | 193 | / |
| Letca | 67 | 193 | / |
| Lexau | 67 | 164 | / |
| Lesea | 67 | 153 | / |
| Lease | 67 | 143 | / |
| Leyza | 67 | 133 | / |
| Loesa | 67 | 133 | / |
| Losea | 67 | 129 | / |
| Leaci | 67 | 127 | / |
| Lecza | 67 | 111 | / |
| Lezay | 67 | 108 | / |
| Lesap | 67 | 103 | / |
| Leasi | 67 | 95 | / |
| Lieca | 67 | 94 | / |
| Leusa | 67 | 92 | / |
| Leace | 67 | 87 | / |
| Leaso | 67 | 85 | / |
| Lecay | 67 | 76 | / |
| Leçoj | 67 | 72 | / |
| Leaca | 67 | 71 | / |
| Hlesa | 67 | 68 | / |
| Leasy | 67 | 66 | / |
| Lesau | 67 | 63 | / |
| Lecia | 67 | 61 | / |
| Lezha | 67 | 60 | / |
| Letza | 67 | 53 | / |
| Leixa | 67 | 51 | / |
| Leuza | 67 | 48 | / |
| Lesaa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Lejsa | 67 | 42 | / |
| Lezea | 67 | 40 | / |
| Leasă | 67 | 39 | / |
| Lezau | 67 | 38 | / |
| Lăţea | 67 | 32 | / |
| Lesoa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Lesai | 67 | 28 | / |
| Llexa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lieza | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lesah | 67 | 24 | / |
| Leesa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lizea | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lejca | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lesza | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lešaj | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lasea | 67 | 14 | / |
| Leaco | 67 | 8 | / |
| Leißa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Leaza | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lejša | 67 | 7 | / |
| Loçaj | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lecai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Leazi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lleçi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ledza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lesga | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lecau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lečas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lesja | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lehsa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Leazy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lesat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lezai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Leaze | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lleza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liçai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lezaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lexsa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Leyca | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llesa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lleca | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lecsa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lexay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lioça | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leßau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leeca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leazo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lecoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leaxy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lezah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leacă | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lesxa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lchea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlcea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Leça
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