How common is the surname Leedy?

2,971 people in the United States had the surname Leedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,920 Americans. It ranked 10,743rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leedy?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leedy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leedy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,971 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Leedy

A surname, carried by 2,971 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). Leedy is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,971 people named Leedy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,920 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,936.

#10,743

rank among US surnames

2,971

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,107)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,736	Haman	2,974	103,815
#10,739	Arends	2,972	103,885
#10,743	Fifer	2,971	103,920
#10,747	Manos	2,970	103,955
#10,748	Hocking	2,969	103,990
#10,751	Caffey	2,968	104,025

Who is named Leedy

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

95% of people named Leedy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leedy

Leedy 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 Leedy?: 2,971 people in the United States had the surname Leedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,920 Americans. It ranked 10,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leedy?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leedy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leedy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,936 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,971 in 2010, up 1.2%.