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    The surname Leech

    An occupational surname, carried by 5,099 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Leech: #6,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leech #6,640, 5,099 people Leech: #6,640 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leech #6,640, 5,099 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leech is more common than 95.9% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, variant of Leach. * As an Irish surname, from Liaigh (“physician”) (a calque of the English surname) or Ó Laoghóg (“descendant of Laoghóg”) and Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of Maolmhaodhóg”); see Logue.

    Leech is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,099 people named Leech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,550 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,945.

    #6,640
    rank among US surnames
    5,099
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,340)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,635Brumbaugh5,10360,503
    #6,636Beachy5,10260,515
    #6,638Gehring5,10060,538
    #6,640Manion5,09960,550
    #6,644Piedra5,09860,562

    Who is named Leech

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

    92% of people named Leech identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leechs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Faith Leech
      Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder, 1941–2013
    • Maddie Leech
      British cyclist, born 2003

    Notable Leechs come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Leech

    Leech has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leech come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Leach. * As an Irish surname, from Liaigh (“physician”) (a calque of the English surname) or Ó Laoghóg (“descendant of Laoghóg”) and Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of Maolmhaodhóg”); see Logue.
    How common is the surname Leech?
    5,099 people in the United States had the surname Leech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,550 Americans. It ranked 6,640th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leech?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Leech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leech?
    Faith Leech, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder, followed by Maddie Leech.
    Where is the surname Leech most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leech in Australia and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Leech?
    Leech is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Leech getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,099 in 2010, up 3.1%.
    What are other spellings of Leech?
    Leach.