How common is the last name Leon?

85,611 people in the United States have the last name Leon, about 1 in 3,491. It ranks #362 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEON

#362

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
85,611
About
1 in 3,491
This common or more
28.5%
Who bears it

Of the 85,611 people with the last name Leon, 85.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% as White and 2.7% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Leon

#360 Gregory · 85,781#361 Watts · 85,754#363 Steele · 85,371#364 Norris · 84,956

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,428 Leone · 14,562#16,383 Lein · 1,704#18,972 Lehn · 1,433#23,050 Leoni · 1,140#23,186 Len · 1,132#26,962 Leen · 950#34,261 Lean · 713#54,291 Lenn · 410

Also a first name

As a first name, Leon ranks #652 of 53,615, with 80,997 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1924, with 2,714 births. See Leon as a first name

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