How common is the surname Leicht?

1,576 people in the United States had the surname Leicht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leicht?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leicht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leicht getting more or less common?

More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Leicht

A surname, carried by 1,576 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leicht is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,576 people named Leicht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.

#17,775

rank among US surnames

1,576

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,775	Willner	1,576	195,905
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029

Who is named Leicht

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

95% of people named Leicht identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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 Leicht

Leicht has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

Questions

How common is the surname Leicht?: 1,576 people in the United States had the surname Leicht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leicht?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leicht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leicht getting more or less common?: More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, up 4.9%.