How common is the surname Leak?

5,053 people in the United States had the surname Leak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. It ranked 6,684th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Leak getting more or less common?

More common. 4,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,053 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Leak

A surname, carried by 5,053 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leak is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,053 people named Leak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,165.

#6,684

rank among US surnames

5,053

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+21.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,376)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,678	Fermin	5,057	61,053
#6,680	Runnels	5,055	61,077
#6,681	Muth	5,054	61,089
#6,684	Candelario	5,053	61,101
#6,688	Nevins	5,052	61,114
#6,690	Roos	5,051	61,126

Who is named Leak

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

57% of people named Leak identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 57%
White (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leak

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

Questions

How common is the surname Leak?: 5,053 people in the United States had the surname Leak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,101 Americans. It ranked 6,684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leak?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Leak identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Leak getting more or less common?: More common. 4,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,053 in 2010, up 21%.