How common is the surname Leming?

2,337 people in the United States had the surname Leming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Leming?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Leming?

Dick Warlock, American stunt performer.

Where is the surname Leming most common?

Wikidata records people named Leming in the United States.

Is the surname Leming getting more or less common?

More common. 2,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Leming

A surname, carried by 2,337 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leming is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,337 people named Leming in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,048.

#13,115

rank among US surnames

2,337

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+14.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055
#13,115	Leming	2,337	132,112
#13,121	Hinnant	2,336	132,168
#13,124	Mowrey	2,335	132,225

Who is named Leming

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

93% of people named Leming identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lemings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dick Warlock
American stunt performer, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leming

Leming has the Soundex code L552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L552.

Questions

How common is the surname Leming?: 2,337 people in the United States had the surname Leming in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leming?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Leming identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Leming?: Dick Warlock, American stunt performer.
Where is the surname Leming most common?: Wikidata records people named Leming in the United States.
Is the surname Leming getting more or less common?: More common. 2,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 14%.