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    The surname Leamon

    A surname, carried by 1,508 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Leamon: #18,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leamon #18,366, 1,508 people Leamon: #18,366 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leamon #18,366, 1,508 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leamon is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,508 people named Leamon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,738 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,454.

    #18,366
    rank among US surnames
    1,508
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,763)

    Who is named Leamon

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

    82% of people named Leamon identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leamon

    Leamon 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 Leamon?
    1,508 people in the United States had the surname Leamon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,738 Americans. It ranked 18,366th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leamon?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Leamon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Leamon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,508 in 2010, up 3.7%.