How common is the surname Leopold?

4,411 people in the United States had the surname Leopold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,994 Americans. It ranked 7,536th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Leopold?

Aldo Leopold, American writer and scientist (1887-1948), followed by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot.

Where is the surname Leopold most common?

Wikidata records people named Leopold in the United States, Austria and France.

Is the surname Leopold getting more or less common?

More common. 4,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,411 in 2010, up 8.8%.

Is Leopold also a first name?

Yes. Leopold is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Leopold

A surname, carried by 4,411 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L143 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leopold is more common than 95.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,411 people named Leopold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,994 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,056.

#7,536

rank among US surnames

4,411

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,560)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,531	Almendarez	4,415	69,931
#7,532	Messier	4,413	69,963
#7,534	Kilby	4,412	69,979
#7,536	Tung	4,411	69,994
#7,541	Lazarus	4,410	70,010

Who is named Leopold

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

87% of people named Leopold identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leopolds

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aldo Leopold
American writer and scientist (1887-1948)
Étienne Léopold Trouvelot
Astronomer, entomologist and lithographer from France (1827-1895)
Jordan Leopold
American ice hockey player, born 1980
Rudolf Leopold
Austrian art collector (1925–2010)
Luna Leopold
American geomorphologist and hydrologist (1915–2006)
Josef Leopold
Austrian politician (1889-1941)

Notable Leopolds come mostly from the United States (3), Austria (2) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Leopold

Leibold

Leopold has the Soundex code L143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L143.

Questions

How common is the surname Leopold?: 4,411 people in the United States had the surname Leopold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,994 Americans. It ranked 7,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leopold?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Leopold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Leopold?: Aldo Leopold, American writer and scientist (1887-1948), followed by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot.
Where is the surname Leopold most common?: Wikidata records people named Leopold in the United States, Austria and France.
Is the surname Leopold getting more or less common?: More common. 4,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,411 in 2010, up 8.8%.
Is Leopold also a first name?: Yes. Leopold is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.