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The surname DiLeo

A surname, carried by 2,535 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D400

DiLeo: #12,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer DiLeo #12,269, 2,535 people DiLeo: #12,269 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez DiLeo #12,269, 2,535 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). DiLeo is more common than 92.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,535 people named DiLeo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,452.

#12,269
rank among US surnames
2,535
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+3.4%
change since 2000 (was #11,712)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,261Starner2,537121,697
#12,264Lounsbury2,536121,745
#12,269Berggren2,535121,793
#12,274Vinyard2,534121,841
#12,276Altizer2,533121,889

Who is named DiLeo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named DiLeo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous DiLeos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • David DiLeo
    American basketball player (born 1997)
  • T. J. DiLeo
    American basketball player, born 1990

Notable DiLeos come mostly from the United States (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like DiLeo

DiLeo has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname DiLeo?
2,535 people in the United States had the surname DiLeo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,793 Americans. It ranked 12,269th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname DiLeo?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named DiLeo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named DiLeo?
David DiLeo, American basketball player (born 1997), followed by T. J. DiLeo.
Where is the surname DiLeo most common?
Wikidata records people named DiLeo in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname DiLeo getting more or less common?
More common. 2,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,535 in 2010, up 3.4%.