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    The surname Leano

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,188 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Leano: #21,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leano #21,868, 1,188 people Leano: #21,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leano #21,868, 1,188 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leano is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Leaño, mostly a Filipino surname found on Ilocano people.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,188 people named Leano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.

    #21,868
    rank among US surnames
    1,188
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,439)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,862Pluta1,189259,668
    #21,868Casavant1,188259,887

    Who is named Leano

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

    63% of people named Leano identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 63%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leano

    Leano has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leano come from?
    From Spanish Leaño, mostly a Filipino surname found on Ilocano people.
    How common is the surname Leano?
    1,188 people in the United States had the surname Leano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,887 Americans. It ranked 21,868th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leano?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Leano identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Leano getting more or less common?
    More common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,188 in 2010, up 44%.