The surname Leite
A Norse surname, carried by 3,123 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex L300
Origin
Norse origin
* 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”).
One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,123 people named Leite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,862 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,315.
Who is named Leite
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Leite identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Leites
15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Matheus Leite NascimentoBrazilian footballer, born 1983
- Carvalho LeiteBrazilian footballer and manager (1912-2004)
- Eduardo LeiteBrazilian politician (born 1985)
- Helton LeiteBrazilian association football player, born 1990
- Marcos LeiteBrazilian basketball player, 1952–2026
- Izabelle LeiteBrazilian actress and model, born 1990
- Hermenegildo LeiteAngolan athletics competitor, born 2000
- Maikon LeiteBrazilian footballer, born 1988
- Joaquim Alvaro Pereira LeiteBrazilian politician, born 1975
- Natalia LeiteBrazilian writer and director (born 1985)
- KakáBrazilian association football player (born 1982)
- AdrianoBrazilian footballer (born 1982)
Notable Leites come mostly from Brazil (12), Portugal (1) and Angola (1).
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Questions
- Where does the surname Leite come from?
- * 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…
- How common is the surname Leite?
- 3,123 people in the United States had the surname Leite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,862 Americans. It ranked 10,316th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Leite?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Leite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Leite?
- Matheus Leite Nascimento, Brazilian footballer, followed by Carvalho Leite.
- Where is the surname Leite most common?
- Wikidata records people named Leite in Brazil, Portugal and Angola and 1 other country.
- Is the surname Leite getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,123 in 2010, up 35%.