How rare is the last name Leo?

8,092 people in the United States have the last name Leo, about 1 in 36,937. It ranks #4,233 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LEO

#4,233

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,092
About
1 in 36,937
This common or more
56.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,092 people with the last name Leo, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 10.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Leo

1 other last name also has 8,092 people.

#4,233 Begley · 8,092

Either side of Leo

#4,232 Dupuis · 8,094#4,233 Begley · 8,092#4,235 Patil · 8,091#4,236 Ives · 8,090

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leo, most common first.

#19 Lee · 695,657#200 Le · 138,532#3,478 Lei · 10,011#4,125 Lea · 8,351#4,705 Lew · 7,305#6,747 Ley · 4,804#12,475 Leu · 2,373#38,417 Leao · 620

Also a first name

As a first name, Leo ranks #478 of 53,615, with 118,356 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 8,325 births. See Leo as a first name

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