The Leitao surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 598 people carried this name — #37,288 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 496 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
305 people named Leitao live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Leitao.
Most of them — 84 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 76 people named Leitao live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leitao.
- Leindecker 325 · U.S. census
- Leinen 984 · U.S. census
- Leiner 716 · U.S. census
- Leininger 4,765 · U.S. census
- Leis 2,855 · U.S. census
- Leiser 1,588 · U.S. census
- Leite 3,123 · U.S. census
- Leitner 4,010 · U.S. census
- Leitz 996 · U.S. census
- Leix 146 · U.S. census
- Lejeune 5,544 · U.S. census
- Leleux 681 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Leitao is.
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