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    The surname Leighty

    A surname, carried by 2,172 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L230

    Leighty: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leighty #13,903, 2,172 people Leighty: #13,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leighty #13,903, 2,172 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leighty is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,172 people named Leighty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,082.

    #13,903
    rank among US surnames
    2,172
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,415)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,903Montesinos2,172142,148
    #13,911Forcier2,171142,214

    Who is named Leighty

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

    95% of people named Leighty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Leighty

    Leighty 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 Leighty?
    2,172 people in the United States had the surname Leighty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leighty?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Leighty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Leighty getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 4.3%.