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    The surname Leisure

    A surname, carried by 1,644 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Leisure: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leisure #17,229, 1,644 people Leisure: #17,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leisure #17,229, 1,644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leisure is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,644 people named Leisure in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,539.

    #17,229
    rank among US surnames
    1,644
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,014)

    Who is named Leisure

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

    91% of people named Leisure identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leisures

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Leisure
      American actor, born 1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leisure

    Leisure has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leisure?
    1,644 people in the United States had the surname Leisure in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,801 Americans. It ranked 17,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leisure?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leisure identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leisure?
    David Leisure, American actor.
    Where is the surname Leisure most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leisure in the United States.
    Is the surname Leisure getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,644 in 2010, up 6.8%.