Find out how popular the last name Leandro is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Leandro.

Leandro, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Leandro surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Leandro in America

Leandro is the 20348th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Leandro surname appeared 1,306 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Leandro.

We can also compare 2010 data for Leandro to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Leandro

The surname Leandro originated in Italy during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Latin name Leander, which comes from the Greek name Leandros, meaning "lion man" or "man of courage." The name likely emerged from the Greek legend of Hero and Leander, two lovers separated by the Hellespont strait.

Leandro first appeared in written records in Italy as early as the 13th century. Some of the earliest known bearers of this surname were from the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. The name was also found in medieval documents from the city of Siena, where variations like Leandri and Leandrio were recorded.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Leandro was Giacomo Leandro, a 14th-century Italian writer and historian from Venice. He is known for his work "Descrittione dell'Italia," a detailed description of the Italian peninsula and its cities.

In the 15th century, the name appeared in the records of the powerful Medici family in Florence. A notable figure from this period was Girolamo Leandro, a humanist scholar and author born in 1475 in Modena.

Another prominent individual with the Leandro surname was Pietro Leandro, a 16th-century Italian painter and architect from Rimini. He is best known for his work on the Tempio Malatestiano, a Renaissance church in Rimini.

In the 17th century, the name Leandro was found in the records of the Republic of Venice. One notable bearer was Gasparo Leandro, a Venetian diplomat and ambassador to various European courts during the early 1600s.

The 18th century brought forth Giambattista Leandro, an Italian playwright and librettist from Naples. He is particularly known for his collaborations with composer Domenico Cimarosa.

As the Leandro surname spread across Italy and beyond, it adopted various regional spellings and variations, such as Leandri, Leandris, and Leandros. However, the core meaning and origins of the name remained rooted in its ancient Greek and Latin roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Leandro

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Leandro.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Leandro was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Leandro has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Leandro was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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