# Leto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leto/  
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) | 2,577 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,095 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 119,808 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (2,206 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētṓ).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leto 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) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leto in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Leto

- Jared Leto, American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
- Shannon Leto, American drummer
- Sebastián Leto, Argentine association football player

## Similar surnames

Lett, Leite, Leet, Lehto, Leath, Leith, Leeth, Lloyd, Lott, Ladd, Loyd, Latta.

## 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.