Leita is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leita
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leita

How popular is Leita?

Leita is ranked 290775 on our list.

There are about 102 people in US who wears Leita as surname and ranked 158432 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 91.18
Hispanic or Latino 6.86
Leita is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Italy which may be its originating country too. Around 1038 people have been found who wears Leita as their family name. Leita is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
607,991 Indonesia5
4,085 Bolivia3
14,521 Portugal2
11,736 Lithuania2
219,873 France2
897,276 Russia1
62,864 New Zealand1
448,262 Canada1
19,533 Uruguay1
492,292 Ukraine1
34,581 Chile1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,090 Australia54
Countries with hundreds of Leita:
26,854 Italy358
127,087 United States167
31,005 Argentina164
35,546 South Africa146
75,961 Brazil111

Comments

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Almeda Steffenson
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several possibilities for this etymological name - either it comes from the agglutination of the word lei and eta suffix that means: where it freezes - or it comes from clumping word ate lei which means crossing the frozen - or it comes from the agglutination of the word lai and eta suffix meaning: the place of branches / twigs this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Leita Namesakes

  • Agostinho Leitão de Almeida, Politician
  • Alfons Arús i Leita, Journalist
  • Jorge Leitão, Soccer player
  • Jade Leitão, Basketball Player
  • Joaquim Leitão, Film director
  • Alfons Arús i Leita, Journalist
  • Artūras Leita, Cinematographer
  • José Leitão de Barros, Film director
  • Carlos Leitão, Canadian Politician
  • Matheus Leitão, Miriam Leitão's son

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