How common is the surname Leavens?

1,321 people in the United States had the surname Leavens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leavens?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leavens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leavens getting more or less common?

More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Leavens

A surname, carried by 1,321 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leavens is more common than 87.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,321 people named Leavens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

#20,183

rank among US surnames

1,321

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,209)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,183	Cusano	1,321	233,721
#20,192	Ruppe	1,320	233,898

Who is named Leavens

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

91% of people named Leavens identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leavens

Leavens has the Soundex code L152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L152.

Questions

How common is the surname Leavens?: 1,321 people in the United States had the surname Leavens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,721 Americans. It ranked 20,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leavens?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leavens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leavens getting more or less common?: More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,321 in 2010, up 15%.