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    The surname Leaman

    A surname, carried by 2,468 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Leaman: #12,548 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leaman #12,548, 2,468 people Leaman: #12,548 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leaman #12,548, 2,468 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leaman is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,468 people named Leaman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,099 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,312.

    #12,548
    rank among US surnames
    2,468
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948
    #12,541Fairman2,470124,998
    #12,547Baumgart2,469125,049
    #12,548Koop2,468125,099
    #12,554Crotts2,467125,150
    #12,557Pathak2,466125,201

    Who is named Leaman

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

    94% of people named Leaman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leaman

    Leaman has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leaman?
    2,468 people in the United States had the surname Leaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,099 Americans. It ranked 12,548th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leaman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leaman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Leaman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,468 in 2010, up 6.7%.