Léonti

surname · Latin script

Léonti is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from the Greek personal name or nicknameLeon, Leontos ‘lion’ (equivalent of Latin Leo, Leonis).

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 442K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • DKDenmark1 in 2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

277 people, 2010

Sources
64 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 442K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Leonti in FR France, US United States.

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 the Greek personal name or nicknameLeon, Leontos ‘lion’ (equivalent of Latin Leo, Leonis).

Sources 2

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Léonti 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.

Where Léonti is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2771 in 1.2M297Leonti26
CH Switzerland191 in 442K19—2
PL Poland31 in 13M5——
DK Denmark31 in 2M3——
FR France≈2 est.≈1 in 37M3Leonti64
SE Sweden21 in 5.1M2——

277 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17001750180018501900Levin August von Bennigsen, b. 1745Ludwig von Hagemeister, b. 1780Leon Benois, b. 1856Leon Bramson, b. 1869Leontius, b. 1876Leonty Ramensky, b. 1884Leonty Ugryumov, b. 1887Leonti Gourtiev, b. 1891Leonty Cheremisov, b. 1893
  • Levin August von Bennigsenb. 1745DEnot in their usual nameGerman-Russian general
  • Ludwig von Hagemeisterb. 1780LVnot in their usual nameBaltic German explorer (1780-1833)
  • Leon Benoisb. 1856RUnot in their usual nameRussian architect (1856-1928)
  • Leon Bramsonb. 1869LTnot in their usual nameJewish activist and politician (1869–1941)
  • Leontiusb. 1876UAnot in their usual nameMetropolitan of the North American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Leonty Ramenskyb. 1884RUnot in their usual nameRussian scientist (1884-1953)
  • Leonty Ugryumovb. 1887RUnot in their usual nameSoviet corps commander (1887–1937)
  • Leonti Gourtievb. 1891AZSoviet military officer, Hero of the Soviet Union (1891–1943)
  • Leonty Cheremisovb. 1893RUnot in their usual nameSoviet general (1893-1967)
  • Leonty Soymonovnot in their usual nameRussian military officer (????-1743)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Léonti under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Léonti mean, and where does it come from?
from the Greek personal name or nicknameLeon, Leontos ‘lion’ (equivalent of Latin Leo, Leonis). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Léonti have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 277 people named Léonti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leonti.
Where is Léonti most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Léonti is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 442 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Léonti?
In the United States, the national register counted 277 people named Léonti in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Léonti”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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