The surname Leija
A surname, carried by 6,580 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L200
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,580 people named Leija in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,922 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,879.
Who is named Leija
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Leija identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Leija has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.
Questions
- How common is the surname Leija?
- 6,580 people in the United States had the surname Leija in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,922 Americans. It ranked 5,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Leija?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leija identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Leija getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,580 in 2010, up 35%.