How common is the surname Leatherman?

5,696 people in the United States had the surname Leatherman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,204 Americans. It ranked 6,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leatherman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leatherman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leatherman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,696 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Leatherman

An occupational surname, carried by 5,696 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leatherman is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Occupational surname from leatherman.

Leatherman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,696 people named Leatherman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,204 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,427.

#6,033

rank among US surnames

5,696

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #5,840)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090
#6,025	Theisen	5,707	54,099
#6,028	Herold	5,705	54,118
#6,029	Lightner	5,701	54,156
#6,030	Riojas	5,699	54,175
#6,031	Monreal	5,698	54,185
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194

Who is named Leatherman

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

93% of people named Leatherman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Leatherman come from?: Occupational surname from leatherman.
How common is the surname Leatherman?: 5,696 people in the United States had the surname Leatherman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,204 Americans. It ranked 6,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leatherman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leatherman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Leatherman?: Leatherman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Leatherman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,696 in 2010, up 5.0%.