How common is the surname Leis?

2,855 people in the United States had the surname Leis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,142 Americans. It ranked 11,111th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leis?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Leis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Leis getting more or less common?

More common. 2,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,855 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Leis

A surname, carried by 2,855 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leis is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,855 people named Leis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,142 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,757.

#11,111

rank among US surnames

2,855

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066
#11,109	Plyler	2,856	108,104
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142
#11,114	Loaiza	2,854	108,180
#11,116	Kalb	2,853	108,218
#11,118	Heitz	2,852	108,256

Who is named Leis

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

92% of people named Leis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leis

Leis 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 Leis?: 2,855 people in the United States had the surname Leis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,142 Americans. It ranked 11,111th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leis?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Leis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Leis getting more or less common?: More common. 2,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,855 in 2010, up 3.6%.