# Leake (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leake/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,915 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,649 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (6,550 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English but ultimately North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lœkr (“stream, brook”). The Norse word is found in many English place names, such as Leck in Lancashire, and the surname could have been from these names. Compare the variant Leach. * Also as an occupational English surname, from the noun leek.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leake in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leake in the United States.

## People named Leake

- Lafayette Leake, American musician (1919–1990)
- Walter Leake, American politician (1762-1825)
- Mike Leake, Baseball Player for Seattle Mariners
- Willi Ninja, American dancer (1961-2006)

## Similar surnames

Lake, Lackey, Leak, Lakey, Leek, League, Luecke, Leckie, Lease, Laskey, Leaks, Leas.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.