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    The surname Leh

    A German surname, carried by 601 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leh is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Leh, perhaps an altered spelling of Löh. * Borrowed from Khmer.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 601 people named Leh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 529.

    #37,125
    rank among US surnames
    601
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #39,176)

    Who is named Leh

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

    82% of people named Leh identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Leh

    Leh has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leh come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Leh, perhaps an altered spelling of Löh. * Borrowed from Khmer.
    How common is the surname Leh?
    601 people in the United States had the surname Leh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 513,720 Americans. It ranked 37,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leh?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Leh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Leh getting more or less common?
    More common. 529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 601 in 2010, up 14%.