How common is the surname Lease?

3,896 people in the United States had the surname Lease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,247 Americans. It ranked 8,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lease?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lease?

Rex Lease, American actor (1903-1966).

Where is the surname Lease most common?

Wikidata records people named Lease in the United States.

Is the surname Lease getting more or less common?

More common. 3,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,896 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Lease

A surname, carried by 3,896 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lease is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,896 people named Lease in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,247 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,705.

#8,473

rank among US surnames

3,896

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,229)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,469	Patti	3,899	79,186
#8,470	Braithwaite	3,898	79,206
#8,472	Burlingame	3,897	79,226
#8,473	Lease	3,896	79,247
#8,475	Rondeau	3,894	79,288

Who is named Lease

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

94% of people named Lease identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leases

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rex Lease
American actor (1903-1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lease

Lease 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 Lease?: 3,896 people in the United States had the surname Lease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,247 Americans. It ranked 8,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lease?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lease?: Rex Lease, American actor (1903-1966).
Where is the surname Lease most common?: Wikidata records people named Lease in the United States.
Is the surname Lease getting more or less common?: More common. 3,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,896 in 2010, up 5.2%.