# Leone (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,364 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,372 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,095 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (15,047 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leone 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leone in the United States, Italy, Brazil and Canada.

## People named Leone

- Sunny Leone, American-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress
- Giovanni Leone, 6th President of Italy (1908-2001)
- Damien Leone, American film director and producer
- Cinzia Leone, actress and comedian
- André Leone, Brazilian footballer
- Reina Leone, American pornographic actress
- Tracey Leone, American soccer player
- Pitty, Brazilian singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Leon, Looney, Loney, Lein, Lehn, Leno, Leoni, Lone, Lowney, Len, Lean, Loewen.

## 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.