# Leiva (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,193 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,335 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,684 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (5,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leiba, Leyva |

## Etymology

From Spanish Leiva; this surname is predominantly found in Argentina.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leiva 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) | 6.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leiva in Argentina and Italy.

## People named Leiva

- Lucas Leiva, Brazilian association football player (born 1987)
- Martín Leiva, Argentine basketball player (born 1980)
- Cristian Leiva, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Levy, Leyva, Levi, Lev, Levay, Leib, Əliyeva, Love, Libby, Lavoie, Lapp, Laboy.

## 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.