Leña Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Leña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1551:301,62618,150
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Leña Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leña Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leña is found most frequently in Spain. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Leña click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,194,481st most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Leña are found; 78 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 78 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 301,626. In Spain Leña is most frequent in: Andalusia, where 74 percent are found, Madrid, where 15 percent are found and Catalonia, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Spain it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Venezuela, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leño7513/
Leuna671,160/
Leugna6017/
Leunas604/
Leunia601/
Lleuna601/
Leunna601/
Leunya601/
Leunay600/
Leunyay5522/
Leugnia551/
Leungna551/

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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 Leña
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