Leon Family History
Leon Name Meaning
Spanish (León): habitational name from León, a
city in northwestern Spain, named with Latin legio, genitive
legionis ‘legion’, a division of the Roman army. In Roman times
the city was the garrison of the 7th Legion, known as the Legio
Gemina. The city’s name became reduced from Legion(em) to
Leon(em), and in this form developed an unetymological
association with the word for ‘lion’, Spanish león.Spanish: from the personal name León, from Greek
leon ‘lion’ (see Lyon 2). Leon is also found
as a Greek family name.Spanish: nickname for a fierce or
brave warrior, from león ‘lion’.French
(Léon) and English: variant of Lyon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Leon Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Leon families
 138 - 273  47 - 137 |
 1 - 46  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Leon families
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64 - 126 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leon families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Leon Family Origin
Leon Immigration Information
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Leon Family Occupations
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