Leiva is used as a family name or surname in Nicaragua. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Leiva?

Leiva is common in Nicaragua.

Leiva is ranked 2498 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leivas grew by 48.82834 per cent to 8193 since 2000 and ranked 4335 after elevating 1425 spots. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 91.68 90.3
White 6.86 7.88
Black 0.84 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.35 0.38
Leiva is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Chile which signifies that it is originated from Chile. Around 219733 people have been found who wears Leiva as their family name. Leiva is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,605 Austria3
4,104 South Korea2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
723,167 Indonesia2
24,766 Scotland2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
6,900 Oman2
11,736 Lithuania2
586 San Marino1
50,549 Georgia1
14,618 Guyana1
2,190 Barbados1
17,236 Ghana1
25,746 Finland1
356 Eritrea1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,542 Andorra1
28,746 Algeria1
42,479 Greece1
340 Comoros1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
21,562 Portugal1
24,421 Slovakia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
5,553 Taiwan1
492,292 Ukraine1
537 Liechtenstein1
17,575 Kuwait1
29,046 Japan1
7,790 Zambia1
8,859 Iraq1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
28,564 Switzerland36
49,393 Netherlands35
2,645 Luxembourg26
11,685 Singapore24
313,372 Russia23
11,387 Ireland22
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,992 Puerto Rico68
12,538 Norway59
Countries with hundreds of Leiva:
479 Uruguay807
1,629 Bolivia681
90 Belize542
911 Panama440
23,918 Germany437
11,941 Canada323
35,533 France282
33,407 Italy269
23,671 England210
6,499 Sweden145
3,381 Dominican Republic144
23,410 Australia104
Countries with thousands of Leiva:
553 Spain9,897
139 El Salvador9,475
762 Colombia8,857
148 Costa Rica7,613
196 Paraguay7,314
6,180 United States6,310
300 Cuba4,735
823 Venezuela4,340
722 Ecuador3,845
3,788 Brazil3,768
2,436 Mexico3,481
Countries with ten thousands of Leiva:
61 Chile45,500
95 Argentina36,567
144 Guatemala19,803
128 Honduras16,063
321 Peru15,988
116 Nicaragua11,393
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Gertie Igo
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of lei ibar words which means the valley where it freezes this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Leiva Namesakes

  • Adrián Pavón Leiva, Soccer player
  • Lucas Leiva, Soccer player
  • Martín Leiva, Basketball player
  • Thanos Leivaditis, Actor
  • Lucas Leiva, Soccer player
  • Maria Aracely Leiva, Politician
  • Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva, Economist
  • Salvador Dubois Leiva, Soccer player
  • Dulce Fedora Leiva, Taismary Agüero's mother
  • José María Sánchez Leiva, Soccer player
  • In 2016 action, drama movie, Nunca Vas a Estar Solo, Jaime Leiva portrayed Félix.
  • Walter Leiva portrayed main role of Walter in 2014 horror and mystery film Naturaleza muerta.
  • In 2018 biography flick, El Enigma Agustina, Antonio Leiva played Andrés.

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