# Leib (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leib/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,845 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,788 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,342 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (1,829 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leib in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leib in the United States.

## People named Leib

- Michael Leib, American politician (1760-1822)

## Similar surnames

Leyba, Loeb, Lieb, Lebo, Leiby, Lebow, Leiva, Levi, Love, Levy, Leyva, Libby.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.