# Leite (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leite/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,316 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (2,315 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”). * As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leite in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leite in Brazil, Portugal, Angola and the United States.

## People named Leite

- Matheus Leite Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Carvalho Leite, Brazilian footballer and manager (1912-2004)
- Eduardo Leite, Brazilian politician (born 1985)
- Helton Leite, Brazilian association football player
- Marcos Leite, Brazilian basketball player
- Izabelle Leite, Brazilian actress and model
- Hermenegildo Leite, Angolan athletics competitor
- Maikon Leite, Brazilian footballer
- Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite, Brazilian politician
- Natalia Leite, Brazilian writer and director (born 1985)
- Kaká, Brazilian association football player (born 1982)
- Adriano, Brazilian footballer (born 1982)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Lett, Leto, Leighty, Leet, Leith, Lloyd, Lott, Ladd, Loyd, Latta, Leath, Leedy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.