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    The surname McLeish

    An occupational surname, carried by 996 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M242

    McLeish: #24,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McLeish #24,961, 996 people McLeish: #24,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez McLeish #24,961, 996 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McLeish is more common than 84.6% of them.

    Origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 996 people named McLeish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 309,985 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 897.

    #24,961
    rank among US surnames
    996
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #25,775)

    Who is named McLeish

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

    70% of people named McLeish identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McLeish

    McLeish has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McLeish come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Gille Íosa (“son of the servant of Jesus”).
    How common is the surname McLeish?
    996 people in the United States had the surname McLeish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 309,985 Americans. It ranked 24,961st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McLeish?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named McLeish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McLeish?
    McLeish is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname McLeish getting more or less common?
    More common. 897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 996 in 2010, up 11%.