Léonce Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Léonce Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Léonce Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800

The alternate forms: Leonce (12,047) are calculated separately.

Léonce (3,217) may also be a first name.

Léonce Last Name Facts

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

The surname Léonce is most common in Canada. It can also be found as: Leonce. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Léonce? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Léonce are found; 25 percent are found in Caribbean and 19 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Léonce is also the 126,514th most commonly used given name globally, held by 3,217 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 18,422,796. In Canada Léonce is primarily found in: Quebec, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Canada this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent are found and Haiti, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonce9412,047/
Léoncie921/
Léonse831/
Leoncie7712/
Leoncer771/
Leonces771/
Lehonce771/
Léons736/
Leonchez715/
Leance6770/
Leonci6765/
Leonge6714/
Leonse6712/
Leoncy673/
Lejoncque672/
Leonze672/
Leonca671/
Leonke671/

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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 Léonce
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