How common is the surname Leiby?

1,605 people in the United States had the surname Leiby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,365 Americans. It ranked 17,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leiby?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leiby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leiby getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,605 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Leiby

A surname, carried by 1,605 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leiby is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,605 people named Leiby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,365 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,636.

#17,537

rank among US surnames

1,605

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,230)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,530	Kittelson	1,606	192,245
#17,537	Lipsky	1,605	192,365
#17,541	Rommel	1,604	192,485

Who is named Leiby

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

96% of people named Leiby identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leiby

Leiby has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Leiby?: 1,605 people in the United States had the surname Leiby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,365 Americans. It ranked 17,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leiby?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leiby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leiby getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,605 in 2010, down 1.9%.