How common is the surname Leber?

2,865 people in the United States had the surname Leber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,765 Americans. It ranked 11,079th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leber?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leber getting more or less common?

More common. 2,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,865 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Leber

A surname, carried by 2,865 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leber is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,865 people named Leber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,765 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,665.

#11,079

rank among US surnames

2,865

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,954)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840

Who is named Leber

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

94% of people named Leber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leber

Leber has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

Questions

How common is the surname Leber?: 2,865 people in the United States had the surname Leber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,765 Americans. It ranked 11,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leber?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leber getting more or less common?: More common. 2,665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,865 in 2010, up 7.5%.