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    The surname Leith

    A surname, carried by 2,448 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /liːθ/ 1 syllable Soundex L300

    Leith: #12,642 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leith #12,642, 2,448 people Leith: #12,642 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leith #12,642, 2,448 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leith is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,448 people named Leith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,122 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,166.

    #12,642
    rank among US surnames
    2,448
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13%
    change since 2000 (was #12,976)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,636Mayor2,450126,019
    #12,637Geissler2,449126,070
    #12,642Imes2,448126,122
    #12,644Konopka2,447126,173
    #12,649Calero2,446126,225

    Who is named Leith

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

    87% of people named Leith identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leiths

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Virginia Leith
      American actress (1925-2019)
    • Emmett Leith
      American physicist and engineer (1927–2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leith

    Leith has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Leith come from?
    From river-names derived from Proto-Brythonic *lleɨθ (“moist”) (compare Welsh llaith).
    How common is the surname Leith?
    2,448 people in the United States had the surname Leith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,122 Americans. It ranked 12,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leith?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Leith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leith?
    Virginia Leith, American actress (1925-2019), followed by Emmett Leith.
    Where is the surname Leith most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leith in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Leith?
    Leith is /liːθ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Leith getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,448 in 2010, up 13%.