The Leone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,364 people carried this name — #2,372 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 15,047 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,682 people named Leone live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 848 people named Leone.
384 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
761 people named Leone live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 280 people named Leone live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
25 people named Leone have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 64 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
58 people named Leone are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Leone in American newspapers,
1843–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,765 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Leone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Baldassare Leone 1756–1820 · Catholic priest -
Giuseppe Leone 1864–1933 · lawyer -
Enrico Leone 1875–1940 · economist -
Pietro Leone 1888–1958 · association football coach -
Leo Leone 1893–1973 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 213 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leone.
- Leon 86,363 · U.S. census
- Leonard 91,475 · U.S. census
- Leonardi 1,834 · U.S. census
- Leonardo 6,007 · U.S. census
- Leonce 233 · U.S. census
- Leoncini 118 · U.S. census
- Leonelli 347 · U.S. census
- Leonetti 1,646 · U.S. census
- Leonhard 1,135 · U.S. census
- Leonhardt 3,491 · U.S. census
- Leonhart 539 · U.S. census
- Leoni 1,083 · U.S. census
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