The Leite surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,123 people carried this name — #10,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 35% from 2,315 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,835 people named Leite 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
816 people named Leite live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 173 people named Leite.
Most of them — 116 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Aisne.
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 the Nordic population registers
460 people named Leite is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Leite in American newspapers,
1901–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,268 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Leite,
with a public archive behind them.
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José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva 1727–1799 · Catholic priest -
António José Leite Guimarães 1806–1876 · farmer -
Manuel José Mendes Leite 1809–1887 · military personnel -
Maria do Carmo Xavier Braga 1841–1911 · politician -
Eufrásia Teixeira Leite 1850–1930 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leite.
- 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
- Leitao 598 · 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
- Lelievre 295 · U.S. census
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