How common is the surname Leaf?

3,111 people in the United States had the surname Leaf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. It ranked 10,358th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leaf?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Leaf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Leaf?

T. J. Leaf, American-Israeli basketball player, followed by Richard Leaf.

Where is the surname Leaf most common?

Wikidata records people named Leaf in Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Leaf getting more or less common?

More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,111 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Leaf

An English surname, carried by 3,111 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leaf is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal names Lēofa and Lēofe, both from lēof (“dear, beloved”).

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 3,111 people named Leaf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,038.

#10,358

rank among US surnames

3,111

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,352	Sias	3,112	99,211
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243
#10,365	Bollman	3,110	99,275

Who is named Leaf

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

86% of people named Leaf identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leafs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

T. J. Leaf
American-Israeli basketball player, born 1997
Richard Leaf
British actor, born 1967
Ryan Leaf
American football player (born 1976)

Notable Leafs come mostly from Israel (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Life

Surnames that sound like Leaf

Leaf has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leaf come from?: From the Old English personal names Lēofa and Lēofe, both from lēof (“dear, beloved”).
How common is the surname Leaf?: 3,111 people in the United States had the surname Leaf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. It ranked 10,358th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leaf?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Leaf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Leaf?: T. J. Leaf, American-Israeli basketball player, followed by Richard Leaf.
Where is the surname Leaf most common?: Wikidata records people named Leaf in Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Leaf getting more or less common?: More common. 3,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,111 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Leaf?: Life.