How common is the surname Leishman?

1,755 people in the United States had the surname Leishman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leishman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leishman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leishman?

William Boog Leishman, British Army general (1865–1926).

Where is the surname Leishman most common?

Wikidata records people named Leishman in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Leishman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Leishman

A surname, carried by 1,755 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leishman is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,755 people named Leishman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,494.

#16,395

rank among US surnames

1,755

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+17.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,390	Hoeppner	1,756	175,823
#16,395	Bebout	1,755	175,923

Who is named Leishman

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

96% of people named Leishman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leishmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Boog Leishman
British Army general (1865–1926)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leishman

Leishman has the Soundex code L255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L255.

Questions

How common is the surname Leishman?: 1,755 people in the United States had the surname Leishman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leishman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Leishman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leishman?: William Boog Leishman, British Army general (1865–1926).
Where is the surname Leishman most common?: Wikidata records people named Leishman in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Leishman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 18%.