Léonidas Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Léonidas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Léonidas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363

The alternate forms: Leonidas (28,461), Leónidas (29) & Leônidas (24) are calculated separately.

Léonidas (40) may also be a first name.

Léonidas Last Name Facts

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

Léonidas is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Leonidas, Leónidas or Leônidas. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Léonidas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Léonidas is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Léonidas live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Léonidas is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 40 people.

It is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 100 percent are found. Besides France this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 33 percent are found and New Caledonia, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonidas9628,461/
Léonida931/
Leónidas9229/
Leônidas9224/
Leonidass821/
Leonida804,363/
Leonidah7520/
Leonidha7519/
Leonedas759/
Leonidos757/
Leonidaz755/
Leonidau751/
Leonaida751/
Leonidad751/
Leonidace711,472/
Leonnydas712/
Leonido67897/
Leanida671/
Leoneda671/
Leonidou632,129/
Leoneuda631/
Leoneido631/
Leonidoy631/
Leonidoich561/
Leonedo532/
Leonaydo501/

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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 Léonidas
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