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    The surname Leake

    A Norse occupational surname, carried by 6,915 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leake is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    * 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.

    Leake is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,915 people named Leake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,649 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,550.

    #5,070
    rank among US surnames
    6,915
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,930)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,066Verduzco6,92344,597
    #5,067Munro6,91844,629
    #5,068Rubino6,91744,636
    #5,070Alexis6,91544,649
    #5,072Michalski6,91444,655

    Who is named Leake

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

    70% of people named Leake identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leakes

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lafayette Leake
      American musician (1919–1990)
    • Walter Leake
      American politician (1762-1825)
    • Mike Leake
      Baseball Player for Seattle Mariners, born 1987
    • Willi Ninja
      American dancer (1961-2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leake

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

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leake come from?
    * 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,…
    How common is the surname Leake?
    6,915 people in the United States had the surname Leake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,649 Americans. It ranked 5,070th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leake?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Leake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leake?
    Lafayette Leake, American musician (1919–1990), followed by Walter Leake.
    Where is the surname Leake most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leake in the United States.
    What type of surname is Leake?
    Leake is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Leake getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,915 in 2010, up 5.6%.