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    The surname Leu

    A surname, carried by 2,459 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L000

    Leu: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leu #12,587, 2,459 people Leu: #12,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leu #12,587, 2,459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leu is more common than 92.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,459 people named Leu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,183.

    #12,587
    rank among US surnames
    2,459
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,911)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named Leu

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

    55% of people named Leu identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leu

    Leu has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leu?
    2,459 people in the United States had the surname Leu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,557 Americans. It ranked 12,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leu?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Leu identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Leu getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,459 in 2010, up 13%.