Léonard Surname
Approximately 3,214 people bear this surname
Léonard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2,782 | 1:4,133 | 452 |
| Canada | 210 | 1:175,455 | 17,539 |
| France | 134 | 1:495,692 | 69,430 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 1:96,757 | 6,198 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Leonard (303,899) & Lèonard (19) are calculated separately.
Léonard (6,611) may also be a first name.
Léonard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Léonard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Léonard occurs most in Belgium. It can occur as: Leonard or Lèonard. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Léonard? popularity and diffusion
The surname Léonard is the 139,138th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,267,438 people. Léonard occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Léonard are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 80,518th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 6,611 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is held by 2,782 people, or 1 in 4,133. In Belgium Léonard is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 88 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent live and Flemish Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
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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
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