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    The surname Leaks

    A surname, carried by 1,278 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Leaks: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leaks #20,697, 1,278 people Leaks: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leaks #20,697, 1,278 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leaks is more common than 87.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,278 people named Leaks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,200.

    #20,697
    rank among US surnames
    1,278
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,543)

    Who is named Leaks

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

    91% of people named Leaks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.7% as two or more races and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leaks

    Leaks 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 Leaks?
    1,278 people in the United States had the surname Leaks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leaks?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leaks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Leaks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, up 6.5%.