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The surname Leon is an element of some Spanish Jewish surnames, but it is also an element of the names of people who had no Jewish heritage. The Kingdom of Leon, later incorporated as part of the Kingdom of Castile and Leon, was an important region in what became Spain. The phrase de Leon, meaning "from Leon" was used to describe many people who came from that province and later that phrase became part of a surname. One famous example is the explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon.

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