Family name Leonovets (Леоновец 
, Leonovets 
, Леоноветс ) , around the globe, is a rare surname. The cognomen Leonovets is habitual in Belarus, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, and Russia, where it is a very rare surname. Much less frequently, Leonovets is the forename as well as the last name.