# Leask (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leask/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 571 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,691 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 540,710 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leisk, Lusk |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place now called Pitlurg, in Aberdeenshire.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leask in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 22% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |

## Similar surnames

Lasky, Lesko, Laskey, Lasko, Laska, Lieske, Leake, Leos, Lees, Leak, Lease, Leek.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.