How common is the surname Leroy?

7,759 people in the United States had the surname Leroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. It ranked 4,571st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Leroy?

Mervyn LeRoy, American film director and producer (1900–1987), followed by Baby LeRoy.

Where is the surname Leroy most common?

Wikidata records people named Leroy in the United States and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Leroy?

Leroy is /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Leroy getting more or less common?

More common. 7,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,759 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Leroy also a first name?

Yes. Leroy 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 Leroy

A French surname, carried by 7,759 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex L600 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). Leroy is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,759 people named Leroy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,579.

#4,571

rank among US surnames

7,759

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,338)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,567	Hitt	7,762	39,777
#4,568	Lapp	7,761	39,782
#4,569	Sperry	7,760	39,787
#4,571	Leroy	7,759	39,792

Who is named Leroy

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

78% of people named Leroy identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leroys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mervyn LeRoy
American film director and producer (1900–1987)
Baby LeRoy
Actor, 1932–2001
Gloria LeRoy
American actress (1925-2018)
Grégoire Le Roy
Belgian poet and engraver (1862-1941)

Notable Leroys come mostly from the United States (3) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Leroi
Leeroy

Surnames that sound like Leroy

Leroy has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Leroy come from?: Transferred from the common French surname Leroy, meaning "the king".
How common is the surname Leroy?: 7,759 people in the United States had the surname Leroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,792 Americans. It ranked 4,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leroy?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Leroy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Leroy?: Mervyn LeRoy, American film director and producer (1900–1987), followed by Baby LeRoy.
Where is the surname Leroy most common?: Wikidata records people named Leroy in the United States and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Leroy?: Leroy is /ˈliːˌɹɔɪ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Leroy getting more or less common?: More common. 7,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,759 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Leroy?: Leroi and Leeroy.
Is Leroy also a first name?: Yes. Leroy 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.