How common is the surname Leyba?

3,836 people in the United States had the surname Leyba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,486 Americans. It ranked 8,587th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Leyba getting more or less common?

More common. 3,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,836 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Leyba

A surname, carried by 3,836 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leyba is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,836 people named Leyba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,486 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,619.

#8,587

rank among US surnames

3,836

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #8,396)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,579	Conwell	3,839	80,423
#8,581	Franck	3,838	80,444
#8,586	Kenna	3,837	80,465
#8,587	Leyba	3,836	80,486
#8,589	Willette	3,835	80,507
#8,590	Weise	3,834	80,528

Who is named Leyba

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

80% of people named Leyba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
White (not Hispanic) 14%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leyba

Leyba has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Leyba?: 3,836 people in the United States had the surname Leyba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,486 Americans. It ranked 8,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leyba?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Leyba identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Leyba getting more or less common?: More common. 3,619 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,836 in 2010, up 6.0%.