Lèiva
surname · Latin script
Lèiva is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 87th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Leiva; this surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 432(measured from records)
- CLChile≈1 in 525
- NINicaragua≈1 in 535
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lèiva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 305 (measured from records)
- 1 in 432 (inferred from the name graph)
77,501 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Leiva in AR Argentina, CL Chile, PE Peru and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Spanish Leiva; this surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
Sources 5
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lèiva counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #87 | 77,501 | 1 in 587 | 78K | Leiva | 122 |
| CL Chile | #54 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 525 | 1 | Leiva | 149 |
| US United States | — | 26,153as Leyva | 1 in 13K | 26K | Leiva | 305 |
| PE Peru | #281 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Leiva | 75 |
| HN Honduras | #83 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 644 | — | Leiva | 59 |
| PY Paraguay | #113 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 602 | — | Leiva | 38 |
| CR Costa Rica | #104 | 11,806 | 1 in 432 | 12K | Leiva | 92 |
| NI Nicaragua | #73 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 535 | — | Leiva | 39 |
77,501 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lèiva mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Leiva; this surname is predominantly found in Argentina. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Lèiva have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 78 thousand people named Lèiva, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leiva.
- Where is Lèiva most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lèiva is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 432 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lèiva?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 77,501 people named Lèiva, about 1 in 587 residents.
- How common is Lèiva compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Lèiva is the 87th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/l%C3%A8ivaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lèiva” — the 87th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.