Léonie Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Léonie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Léonie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France41:16,605,680368,153
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Leonie (4,008) are calculated separately.

Léonie (3,356) may also be a first name.

Léonie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Léonie is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Leonie. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Léonie? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Léonie occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Léonie live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Léonie is also the 123,146th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 3,356 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 16,605,680. In France Léonie is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 75 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent live. Beside France this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leonie944,008/
Lajonie7740/
Leonnie7713/
Leonies772/
Leonier772/
Layonie771/
Lehonhie711/
Leonge6714/
Leanie674/
Leeuonies671/
Leonye671/
Leogne670/
Lehonye62143/
Lihonge62122/
Leannie6231/
Leoniio621/
Leonhyi621/
Lehonhi621/
Logiange571/
Lehannier532/
Lejeannie531/
Leonja501/

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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 Léonie
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