How common is the surname Leddy?

2,793 people in the United States had the surname Leddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,543 Americans. It ranked 11,308th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leddy?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leddy?

Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Leddy most common?

Wikidata records people named Leddy in the United States.

Is the surname Leddy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,793 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Leddy

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,793 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). Leddy is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lideadha (“descendant of Lideadh”), a personal name of unclear origin.

Leddy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,793 people named Leddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,543 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,598.

#11,308

rank among US surnames

2,793

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,194)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,299	Kovac	2,795	110,464
#11,302	Rabago	2,794	110,503
#11,308	Gadd	2,793	110,543
#11,312	Foerster	2,792	110,582
#11,317	Cambron	2,791	110,622

Who is named Leddy

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

93% of people named Leddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leddys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nick Leddy
American ice hockey player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leddy

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leddy come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lideadha (“descendant of Lideadh”), a personal name of unclear origin.
How common is the surname Leddy?: 2,793 people in the United States had the surname Leddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,543 Americans. It ranked 11,308th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leddy?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leddy?: Nick Leddy, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Leddy most common?: Wikidata records people named Leddy in the United States.
What type of surname is Leddy?: Leddy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Leddy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,793 in 2010, up 7.5%.