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    The surname Leahey

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,129 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Leahey: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leahey #22,707, 1,129 people Leahey: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leahey #22,707, 1,129 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leahey is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant spelling of Leahy.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,129 people named Leahey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,169.

    #22,707
    rank among US surnames
    1,129
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,960)

    Who is named Leahey

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

    93% of people named Leahey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leahey

    Leahey has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leahey come from?
    Variant spelling of Leahy.
    How common is the surname Leahey?
    1,129 people in the United States had the surname Leahey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. It ranked 22,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leahey?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leahey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Leahey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,129 in 2010, down 3.4%.