de Leòn Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

de Leòn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Leòn Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala501:321,6534,595
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: de Leon (526,542), de León (5,663), de Léon (21), de Léón (2) & de Lèón (1) are calculated separately.

de Leòn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Leòn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Leòn is more commonly found in Guatemala than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: de Leon, de León, de Léon, de Léón or de Lèón. For other possible spellings of de Leòn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Leòn? popularity and diffusion

de Leòn is the 1,727,723rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname de Leòn occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of de Leòn live; 46 percent live in Central America and 46 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

de Leòn is most numerous in Guatemala, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 321,653. In Guatemala it is primarily concentrated in: Guatemala Department, where 18 percent reside, Quetzaltenango Department, where 8 percent reside and San Marcos Department, where 2 percent reside. Besides Guatemala this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 21 percent reside and Mexico, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Leon95526,542/
de León955,663/
de Léon9021/
de Léón902/
de Lèón901/
de Lean8610/
de Leãn861/
de Leone80298/
de Leonn805/
de Leaon804/
de Leong803/
de Leont803/
de Leoon803/
de Leonk801/
de Leion801/
De-Leon71125/
da Leon718/
de Leão718/
de Leom715/
di Leon714/
de Lión712/
De-León712/
de Liôn711/
De-Leõn711/
de Léan711/
di Leone671,389/
de Luyon6722/
De-Leone671/
de Ljone671/
Da-Leon571/
de Lião571/
Di-Leone533/
da Loyon531/
da Layon531/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Leòn
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