How common is the surname Leday?

1,363 people in the United States had the surname Leday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,519 Americans. It ranked 19,755th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Leday?

Zach LeDay, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Leday most common?

Wikidata records people named Leday in the United States.

Is the surname Leday getting more or less common?

More common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,363 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Leday

A surname, carried by 1,363 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leday is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,363 people named Leday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,519 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,172.

#19,755

rank among US surnames

1,363

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+16.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,923)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,747	Bohne	1,364	226,353
#19,755	Wertman	1,363	226,519
#19,763	Takeuchi	1,362	226,685

Who is named Leday

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

84% of people named Leday identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 84%
White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Ledays

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zach LeDay
American basketball player, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leday

Leday has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Questions

How common is the surname Leday?: 1,363 people in the United States had the surname Leday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,519 Americans. It ranked 19,755th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leday?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Leday identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Leday?: Zach LeDay, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Leday most common?: Wikidata records people named Leday in the United States.
Is the surname Leday getting more or less common?: More common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,363 in 2010, up 16%.