How common is the surname Leidy?

1,230 people in the United States had the surname Leidy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leidy?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leidy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leidy?

Joseph Leidy, American anatomist and paleontologist (1823 – 1891).

Where is the surname Leidy most common?

Wikidata records people named Leidy in the United States.

Is the surname Leidy getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, down 6.9%.

Is Leidy also a first name?

Yes. Leidy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Leidy

A German surname, carried by 1,230 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). Leidy is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

An American surname from German, variant of Swiss German Leidig.

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 1,230 people named Leidy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,321.

#21,307

rank among US surnames

1,230

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,059)

Who is named Leidy

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

94% of people named Leidy identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leidys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Leidy
American anatomist and paleontologist (1823 – 1891)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leidy

Leidy has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leidy come from?: Leidy is German in origin.
How common is the surname Leidy?: 1,230 people in the United States had the surname Leidy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leidy?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leidy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leidy?: Joseph Leidy, American anatomist and paleontologist (1823 – 1891).
Where is the surname Leidy most common?: Wikidata records people named Leidy in the United States.
Is the surname Leidy getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, down 6.9%.
Is Leidy also a first name?: Yes. Leidy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.