de Léon Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Panama

de Léon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Léon 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
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Panama41:978,06412,245
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Leon (526,542), de Léón (2), de León (5,663), de Leòn (112) & de Lèón (1) are calculated separately.

de Léon Last Name Facts

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

de Léon is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: de Leon, de Léón, de León, de Leòn or de Lèón. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 4,307,654th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of de Léon reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 17,732,315. In Mexico de Léon is primarily concentrated in: Baja California, where 14 percent are found, Chiapas, where 14 percent are found and Guanajuato, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Mexico this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Panama, where 19 percent are found and Sweden, where 19 percent are found.

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 Léón952/
de León905,663/
de Leòn90112/
de Lèón901/
de Léan861/
de Leone80298/
de Luyon8022/
de Leonn805/
de Leaon804/
de Leong803/
de Leoon803/
de Leont803/
de Leonk801/
de Ljone801/
de Leion801/
De-Leon71125/
de Lean7110/
da Leon718/
de Leão718/
de Leom715/
di Leon714/
de Lión712/
de Leãn711/
de Liôn711/
de Lião711/
di Leone671,389/
de Leeun672/
De-Leone671/
da Layon671/
da Loyon671/
De-León572/
Da-Leon571/
De-Leõn571/
Di-Leone533/
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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 Léon
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