The Lion surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 942 people carried this name — #24,807 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,311 people named Lion.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 81 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 541 people named Lion 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Lion live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lion.
- Linke 2,044 · U.S. census
- Linne 723 · U.S. census
- Lino 2,940 · U.S. census
- Linster 268 · U.S. census
- Lintz 1,966 · U.S. census
- Lio 457 · U.S. census
- Lions 359 · U.S. census
- Liotta 1,388 · U.S. census
- Liou 1,142 · U.S. census
- Lipari 1,966 · U.S. census
- Lipinski 3,620 · U.S. census
- Lipka 1,661 · U.S. census
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