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The surname Leathers

A surname, carried by 5,259 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L362

Leathers: #6,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leathers #6,457, 5,259 people Leathers: #6,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leathers #6,457, 5,259 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leathers is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,259 people named Leathers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,708 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,130.

#6,457
rank among US surnames
5,259
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,150)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,451Wyckoff5,26258,675
#6,452Haun5,26158,686
#6,454Hecker5,26058,697
#6,457Leathers5,25958,708
#6,458Erskine5,25858,719

Who is named Leathers

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

78% of people named Leathers identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 78%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Leathers?
5,259 people in the United States had the surname Leathers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,708 Americans. It ranked 6,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leathers?
In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Leathers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Leathers getting more or less common?
More common. 5,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,259 in 2010, up 2.5%.