The surname Ledee
A French surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L300
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French Ledée, a variant of Ledé; this surname is also found in Puerto Rico.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 537 people named Ledee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 416.
Who is named Ledee
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Ledee identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
- White (not Hispanic) 23%
- Black (not Hispanic) 23%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ledee has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ledee come from?
- Borrowed from French Ledée, a variant of Ledé; this surname is also found in Puerto Rico.
- How common is the surname Ledee?
- 537 people in the United States had the surname Ledee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ledee?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Ledee identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ledee getting more or less common?
- More common. 416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 29%.