How common is the surname Letcher?

2,094 people in the United States had the surname Letcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. It ranked 14,296th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Letcher?

Luke Letcher, Australian rower, followed by Robert P. Letcher.

Where is the surname Letcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Letcher in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Letcher getting more or less common?

More common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,094 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Letcher

An English occupational surname, carried by 2,094 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Letcher is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English leche (“physician”). More at leech.

Letcher is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,094 people named Letcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,812.

#14,296

rank among US surnames

2,094

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+15.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373
#14,296	Yamasaki	2,094	147,443
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513

Who is named Letcher

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

80% of people named Letcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Letchers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luke Letcher
Australian rower, born 1994
Robert P. Letcher
American governor of Kentucky (1788-1861)
John Letcher
American politician (1813-1884)

Notable Letchers come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Letcher

Letcher has the Soundex code L326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L326.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Letcher come from?: From Middle English leche (“physician”). More at leech.
How common is the surname Letcher?: 2,094 people in the United States had the surname Letcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,443 Americans. It ranked 14,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Letcher?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Letcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Letcher?: Luke Letcher, Australian rower, followed by Robert P. Letcher.
Where is the surname Letcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Letcher in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Letcher?: Letcher is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Letcher getting more or less common?: More common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,094 in 2010, up 16%.