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    The surname Leja

    A surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Leja: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leja #23,397, 1,087 people Leja: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leja #23,397, 1,087 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leja is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,087 people named Leja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,027.

    #23,397
    rank among US surnames
    1,087
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,191)

    Who is named Leja

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

    86% of people named Leja identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leja

    Leja 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 Leja?
    1,087 people in the United States had the surname Leja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leja?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Leja identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Leja getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 5.8%.