Leho

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Leho is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: vocative singular of leha.

rarermore common
  • MRMauritania≈1 in 77K(inferred from the name graph)
  • HRCroatia1 in 184K
  • FIFinland1 in 186K

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 (inferred from the name graph)

≈100 people, est.

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 77K (inferred from the name graph)

Mauritania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

vocative singular of leha

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Leho 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 Leho is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3MlistedLeho71
FR France≈98 est.≈1 in 692K10——
MR Mauritania≈52 est.≈1 in 77K—Leho1
FI Finland301 in 186K89——
SG Singapore≈28 est.≈1 in 224K—Leho2
HR Croatia231 in 184K23——
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234K288—4

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Leho is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Lého, Lëho, Lèho, Lehô

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Le-Ho

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Le-Ho

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil

    Also written Lého

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Leho is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Slovenian, accusative/instrumental singular of leha

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Leho Lumiste, b. 1906Leho Muldre, b. 1940Leho Lõhmus, b. 1953Leho Haldna, b. 1961Leho Ainsaar, b. 1963Lew R. Berg, b. 1968Leho Lamus, b. 1971Leho Tedersoo, b. 1980Leho Pent, b. 1990
  • Leho Lumisteb. 1906EEEstonian journalist (1906-1974)
  • Leho Muldreb. 1940EEEstonian conductor and musician (born 1940)
  • Leho Lõhmusb. 1953EEEstonian historian and technologist (born 1953)
  • Leho Haldnab. 1961EEEstonian orienteer, referee and sportsperson (born 1961)
  • Leho Ainsaarb. 1963EEEstonian geologist (born 1963)
  • Lew R. Bergb. 1968EEnot in their usual nameEstonian science fiction writer (1968-2005)
  • Leho Lamusb. 1971EEEstonian philosopher (born 1971)
  • Leho Tedersoob. 1980EEEstonian mycologist (born 1980)
  • Leho Pentb. 1990EEEstonian weightlifter (born 1990)

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)

Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Leho
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#36,535
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202123#21,358
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19819—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19619—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19419—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19219—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19517—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18914—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19713—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Leho mean, and where does it come from?
vocative singular of leha Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Leho have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 100 people named Leho in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leho.
How common is the name Leho?
In Finland, the national register counted 30 people named Leho, about 1 in 186 thousand 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, “Leho”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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