# Deleon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/deleon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 87,414 |
| US rank (2010) | 359 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (65,598 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Deleon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 83% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Similar surnames

Delaney, Deluna, Delano, Delany, Deloney, Delaune, Dillon, Dolan, Dulaney, Dhillon, Dulin, Doolin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.