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    The surname Leach

    An English occupational surname, carried by 44,581 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /liːt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex L200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leach is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”). * Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake).

    Leach is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 44,581 people named Leach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,925 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,666.

    #772
    rank among US surnames
    44,581
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #714)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #763Barajas45,1536,838
    #764Roach45,0196,858
    #765Rosas44,9386,870
    #766Winters44,9146,874
    #767Jacobson44,8086,890
    #768Lester44,7846,894
    #769Knox44,7426,901

    Who is named Leach

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Leach identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leachs

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rick Leach
      American tennis player (born 1964)
    • Rosemary Leach
      British actress (1935–2017)
    • Jesse Leach
      American singer, born 1978
    • Jim Leach
      American politician (1942-2024)
    • Nicole Leach
      American actress, dancer, and singer, born 1979
    • Wilford Leach
      American film director (1929–1988)
    • Jay Leach
      American ice hockey player, born 1979
    • Ellie Leach
      British actress, born 2001
    • Brian Leetch
      American Hall of Fame Ice Hockey Defenseman, born 1968
    • John Leech
      British caricaturist and illustrator (1817–1864)

    Notable Leachs come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Leach

    Leach has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leach come from?
    Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”). * Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this…
    How common is the surname Leach?
    44,581 people in the United States had the surname Leach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,925 Americans. It ranked 772nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leach?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Leach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leach?
    Rick Leach, American tennis player (born 1964), followed by Rosemary Leach.
    Where is the surname Leach most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leach in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Leach?
    Leach is /liːt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Leach?
    Leach is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Leach getting more or less common?
    More common. 43,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 44,581 in 2010, up 2.1%.
    What are other spellings of Leach?
    Latch, Leech, Leetch, Leitch, Litch and Lytch.