El Leon Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Venezuela

El Leon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Leon 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
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: El León (2) are calculated separately.

El Leon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Leon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Leon is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: El León. Click here for other potential spellings of El Leon.

How Common Is The Last Name El Leon? popularity and diffusion

El Leon is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname El Leon is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of El Leon live; 50 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Hispano-North America.

It is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 41,375,402. In Mexico El Leon is most frequent in: México, where 33 percent live, Mexico City, where 33 percent live and Puebla, where 33 percent live. Excluding Mexico this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.

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
El León952/
El Lein861/
El Lena861/
El Loon861/
El Hilon8041/
Eleleonu8014/
El Alona804/
El Alone804/
El Alien802/
El Lyoun801/
El Eleny801/
Elh Loan801/
Elh Lone801/
Elolen7782/
Elalen771/
Elilon771/
El Halony754/
El Hloany754/
El Aloini752/
El Laouan752/
El Haloun751/
Olle Leon751/
El Louani751/
El Helene751/
Elh Laoun751/
El Alouani711,982/
El Alouany71171/
El Helouni7167/
Elh Laouan7115/
El Lany716/
Ayala Leon715/
Elhilon714/
El Aeloany714/
El Lain714/
El Lawn714/
Eleleny714/
El Elaeeny713/
Ali Lon712/
Elilien712/
Ealy Allen711/
El Liyenne711/
El Loueien711/
El-Loun711/
Elholen711/
El Alan711/
Elelonu711/
Olea Leone711/
El Lana711/
El Halouan711/
El Halween711/
El Alaouna711/
Elhelon711/
Elh Lewani711/
Elh Louwan711/
Elhalen711/
Elelene711/
Eyal Aloni711/
Alyleon711/
Alileon711/
Elhelen711/
ul Leen711/
Al Lean711/
El Lynn711/
Elilean711/
El Halouani67713/
El Hallouni67244/
El Elany67169/
El Eilan67134/
El Alwan67122/
Al Alien6757/
El Lawan6754/
El Alani6719/
Elaliona6717/
Elh Lana6716/
El Alain679/
El Hilouani679/
El Holouany679/
Ellelina679/
El Lanih679/
El Liani677/
Elaloini675/
Alaleona675/
El Allouani674/
El Hluan674/
El Aulni674/
Elhelwen674/
Elhaleen673/
Elh Lani672/
Elillena672/
Ellelena672/
El Halan671/
Eillalon671/
Elwallen671/
Al Allen671/
El Allaouni671/
Alaleonu671/
Eluluonu671/
Olaleyon671/
Oelllien671/
ul Allen671/
El Helny671/
El Elani671/
El Aalouani671/
El-Eleny671/
Al Aleni671/
Al Hilen671/
El Allan671/
Ywel Lan671/
El El Jn671/
Eloa Heleno671/
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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 El Leon
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