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Cognomen Leine (Leine , Леин , Лейне ) , worldwide, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Leine is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Norway, where it is quite a rare surname, Latvia, and Estonia, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Norway, Russia, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Leine is the forename as well as the last name.