# Pantaleon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pantaleon/  
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) | 2,467 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +52% (1,621 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* From Ancient Greek Πανταλέων (Pantaléōn) used as a personal name, stemming from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and λέων (léōn, “lion”) (Klein). * As a Spanish surname, from Pantaleón. Compare Pantaleo. * The saint's name is of Ancient Greek origin, as described above or from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful, compassionate”) (Littré).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pantaleon 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) | 3.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 80% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |

## Similar surnames

Pendleton, Pendley, Pentland.

## 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.