Leal is used as a family name or surname in Mexico. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leal
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Mexico
Meaning: Worn in Spain and Portugal, is the loyal French adjective. In other words, a nickname given in principle to a loyal man. The name is also found in Brittany (29), where he appears to have the same direction, even if A. Deshayes (surnames Dictionary Breton) also envisages a contraction of the Neal (= the foal).

How popular is Leal?

Leal is common in Mexico.

Leal is ranked 792 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leals grew by 27.29397 per cent to 35958 since 2000 and ranked 969 after elevating 164 spots. The last name was found in around 122 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 84.9 83.02
White 13.02 14.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.89
Black 0.51 0.57
Others 0.35 1.08
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.24 0.27
Leal is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while São Tomé and Príncipe is ahead in terms of density. Around 661679 people have been found who wears Leal as their family name. Leal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
5,340 Iceland6
9,759 Japan5
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
32,472 Azerbaijan3
4,529 Mauritius3
127,708 Czech Republic3
10,329 Pakistan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
7,294 Kuwait3
18,035 Egypt2
41,879 Turkey2
8,995 Uganda2
3,014 Taiwan2
28,232 Morocco2
787 Andorra2
12,172 Ghana2
168 Wallis and Futuna1
11,510 Oman1
7,292 Vietnam1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
810,193 Indonesia1
38,063 Mauritania1
846 American Samoa1
14,373 Jordan1
53,033 Nigeria1
28,746 Algeria1
4,942 Libya1
2,505 Congo1
40,340 Malaysia1
49,529 Israel1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
717 Bhutan1
58,885 Poland1
19,810 Croatia1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,421 Slovakia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
971 Seychelles1
11,486 Estonia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
8,371 Syria1
42,479 Greece1
24,460 Armenia1
20,172 Hungary1
7,110 Bosnia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
613 Central African Republic1
5,467 Haiti1
692 Guinea1
4,435 Togo1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
252,140 India48
198,575 Russia46
20,233 Denmark25
1,056 The Bahamas21
24,534 New Zealand17
7,162 Thailand15
5,263 Guyana13
220,909 Ukraine12
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
2,902 Qatar88
11,009 Finland60
5,846 Ireland55
1,061 Luxembourg53
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Leal:
3,219 Peru983
43 São Tomé and Príncipe842
894 Honduras740
9,471 South Africa676
873 El Salvador646
98 Cape Verde633
1,086 Paraguay567
810 Panama522
1,976 Bolivia487
6,748 Australia427
7,889 Saudi Arabia423
762 Puerto Rico381
1,833 Dominican Republic361
3,196 Switzerland360
186 Belize336
29,743 Italy314
8,852 Belgium208
14,333 Netherlands195
5,061 Sweden189
370 Macau161
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
9,948 Austria131
3,353 Singapore101
Countries with thousands of Leal:
666 Mozambique5,846
265 Cuba5,366
464 Angola5,002
2,571 France2,902
253 Costa Rica2,799
223 Uruguay1,540
1,401 Ecuador1,450
3,755 Canada1,231
8,242 Germany1,177
559 Nicaragua1,091
6,879 England1,011
Countries with ten thousands of Leal:
87 Venezuela54,914
231 Colombia45,559
1,176 United States32,538
260 Spain20,211
99 Portugal17,722
212 Chile17,673
160 Guatemala17,651
801 Philippines11,536
443 Argentina10,109
Countries with hundred thousands of Leal:
113 Brazil265,935
156 Mexico127,882
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edward Leal was 54 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on August 18, 1847. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Ellerslie from Liverpool. Susan Leal, aged 50, Edward Leal, are other Leal that migrated to US.

Comments

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Hildegard Nelms
Leal is a family name dumidi, mean old french loyal, nickname of a loyal person, sincere.

Leal Namesakes

  • Conrad Ainsley Lealand, Jennifer Ward-Lealand's father
  • Márcia Leal, TV actress
  • Alberto Amador Leal, Mexican Politician
  • Américo Leal, Ângela Leal's father
  • Amparo Soler Leal, Film actress
  • Anabel Marina Linares Leal, Leamsy Salazar's wife
  • Angelita Leal, Sharon Leal's mother
  • Arlindo Leal, Lyricist
  • Belarmino Carlos Leal D'Ávila, Soccer player
  • Fausto Leali, Singer
  • In 2015 music flick, Gerardo Ortiz: Como Un Sueno, Jorge Leal portrayed N.
  • In 2013 drama, romance film, Gladiolus, Haidy Leal portrayed Nikki.
  • Lauren Leal portrayed leading character of Raven Kelly in 2017 drama and fantasy film Diggerz: Black Lung Rises.
  • Art Leal, from 2010 action and crime film Prism, who played the N.

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