De León (surname)

As of 2014, 29.7% of all known bearers of the surname de León were residents of the Philippines (frequency 1:647), 26.4% of Guatemala (1:116), 20.0% of Mexico (1:1,179), 8.1% of the Dominican Republic (1:244), 4.1% of Panama (1:182), 2.2% of the United States (1:31,581), 2.1% of Uruguay (1:313), 1.7% of Spain (1:5,084) and 1.0% of El Salvador (1:1,194).

In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,084) in the following autonomous communities:

• 1. Canary Islands (1:427)
• 2. Community of Madrid (1:4,329)

In Guatemala, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:116) in the following departments:[1]

• 1. San Marcos Department (1:35)
• 2. Jutiapa Department (1:42)
• 3. Quetzaltenango Department (1:45)
• 4. Retalhuleu Department (1:49)
• 5. El Progreso Department (1:72)
• 6. Suchitepéquez Department (1:100)
• 7. Izabal Department (1:106)

• Beatrice de Leon British Theatre manager
• Carlos Enrique Díaz de León (1910–1971), Provisional President of Guatemala 1954
• Carlos de León (1959–2020), Puerto Rican boxer
• Charito de León (born 1939), Filipina actress
• Christopher de Leon (born 1956), Filipino actor and politician
• Daniel De Leon (1852–1914), Venezuelan-born Sephardic Jew, American socialist and trade unionist
• Diego de León y Navarrete (1807-1841), Spanish military figure
• Edwin de Leon (1818-1891), American/Confederate diplomat and writer
• Gerardo de León (1913–1981), Filipino film actor and director
• Gil de León (1916–????), Filipino film actor and director
• Jack de Leon British Theatre manager
• Joaquín Velázquez de León, Minister of State of Mexico
• Joey de Leon (born 1946), Filipino comedian and television host
• José García de León y Pizarro (1770–1835), Minister of State of Spain 1816–1818
• Juan Manuel de León Merchante (1626–1680), Spanish dramatist
• Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), Spanish explorer and conquistador
• Juan Ponce de León II (1524-1591), first Puerto Rican governor of Puerto Rico
• Juan Velázquez de León (died 1520), Spanish conquistador with Hernán Cortés
• Juana María de los Dolores de León Smith (1798–1872), wife of General Sir Harry Smith, Governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa
• Kathleen de Leon Jones (born 1977), Filipino-Australian singer, dancer, actress and television performer, Hi-5
• Lautaro De León (born 2001), Uruguayan footballer
• Leonardo de León (born 2001), Rocket-League World Champion 2019
• Luis de León (1527–1591), Spanish lyric poet and Augustinian friar
• Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain) briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526
• Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León ([?]-1720), Spanish colonial officer, interim viceroy of Peru 1716
• Miguel de León (born 1962), Venezuelan actor
• Mike de León (Miguel de Leon) (born 1947), Filipino film director, scriptwriter, and producer
• Moses de León or Moshe ben Shem-Tov (1250–1305), Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
• Nick DeLeon (born 1990), American soccer player for D.C. United
• Oscar de León (born 1943), Venezuelan singer
• Pablo de León (born 1964), Argentine aerospace engineer
• Pedro Cieza de León (1520–1554), Jewish-origin New Christian Spanish conquistador and historian
• Pedro Ponce de León (1520-1584), Spanish Benedictine monk
• Rafael De Leon pr Roaring Lion (1908–1999), Trinidadian calypsonian
• Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002), President of Guatemala 1993–1996
• Rudy de Leon (born 1952), American Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Thomas Cooper de Leon (1839–1914), American journalist, author, and playwright
• Tiburcio de Leon, Filipino revolutionary general
• Van de León (1920–1981), Filipino actor
• Victor De Leon III aka Lil Poison, (born May 6, 1998) recognized by Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest professional video game player

• Cervantes de León, character in the Soul Series of fighting games

• Alec De Leon, EXO Squad Animated TV Series