de Leo Surname
Approximately 9,120 people bear this surname
de Leo Surname Definition:
(Italian) The son of Leo (lion).
de Leo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 7,066 | 1:8,655 | 1,265 |
| Argentina | 596 | 1:71,717 | 6,093 |
| Brazil | 372 | 1:575,469 | 21,465 |
| United States | 277 | 1:1,308,516 | 91,569 |
| Mexico | 219 | 1:566,786 | 9,655 |
| Australia | 176 | 1:153,385 | 16,171 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: de Léo (14) are calculated separately.
de Leo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) The son of Leo (lion).
de Leo Demographics
Average Male de Leo Height
172.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
de Leo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Leo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname de Leo is most common in Italy. It can be found in the variant forms: de Léo. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name de Leo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,674th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 799,073 people. The last name de Leo occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of de Leo live; 78 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 78 percent live in Italic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 7,066 people, or 1 in 8,655. In Italy de Leo is mostly concentrated in: Apulia, where 32 percent are found, Calabria, where 17 percent are found and Campania, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Italy de Leo occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
de Leo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of de Leo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Leo surname expanded 9,233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
de Leo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount de Leo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning €30,602 per year; in Peru they earn 238.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 65,567 per year; in United States they earn 54.49% more than the national average, earning $66,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% more than the national average, earning $51,758 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Leo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis