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    The surname Leyden

    A surname, carried by 1,460 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L350

    Leyden: #18,778 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leyden #18,778, 1,460 people Leyden: #18,778 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leyden #18,778, 1,460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leyden is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,460 people named Leyden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,470 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,347.

    #18,778
    rank among US surnames
    1,460
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,778Quinney1,460211,470
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614

    Who is named Leyden

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

    94% of people named Leyden identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Leyden

    Leyden has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leyden?
    1,460 people in the United States had the surname Leyden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,470 Americans. It ranked 18,778th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leyden?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Leyden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Leyden getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,460 in 2010, up 8.4%.