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    The surname League

    A surname, carried by 2,192 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    League: #13,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer League #13,795, 2,192 people League: #13,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez League #13,795, 2,192 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). League is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    English surname, perhaps a spelling variant of Leake.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,192 people named League in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,851 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,118.

    #13,795
    rank among US surnames
    2,192
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,220)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,786Schuessler2,194140,723
    #13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
    #13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851
    #13,798Fassett2,191140,915

    Who is named League

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

    88% of people named League identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leagues

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael League
      American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like League

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname League come from?
    English surname, perhaps a spelling variant of Leake.
    How common is the surname League?
    2,192 people in the United States had the surname League in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,851 Americans. It ranked 13,795th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname League?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named League identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named League?
    Michael League, American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
    Where is the surname League most common?
    Wikidata records people named League in the United States.
    Is the surname League getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,192 in 2010, up 3.5%.