Léo Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Léo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Léo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1361:1,574,07652,203
France281:2,372,240182,981
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Leo (107,324), Lèo (2) & Leó (17) are calculated separately.

Léo (703) may also be a first name.

Léo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Léo is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Leo, Lèo or Leó. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Léo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,168,344th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Léo live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Luso-South America. Léo is also the 311,646th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 703 people.

The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 1,574,076. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 34 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent are found and Hungary, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leo89107,324/
Lèo892/
Légo863/
Lého862/
Léos861/
Léao861/
Léyo861/
Lo80302,664/
80277/
Leó7817/
Léost7516/
Léoua751/
Luo6714,714,385/
Lou67845,855/
Lao67485,953/
Loh6791,544/
Loo6754,347/
Loi6738,016/
Loy6732,104/
Lio6711,281/
Loe6711,155/
Loa679,955/
Lho67445/
Lyo67272/
Lõo6790/
Leé6785/
Léa6774/
Hlo6759/
Llo6751/
Lwo6750/
Léh6727/
Wlo6721/
Laé6718/
Loï6717/
Loé6710/
Lué677/
Loë676/
Lée675/
Léu674/
Lié674/
Ljo673/
Löo672/
Lío672/
Láo672/
Lào672/
Loå672/
Loá671/
Lěé671/
Lôo671/
Léü671/
Léê671/
Léi671/
Lèé671/
Loû671/
Loú671/
Loô671/
Loî671/

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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 Léo
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