How rare is the last name Lea?

8,351 people in the United States have the last name Lea, about 1 in 35,792. It ranks #4,125 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEA

#4,125

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,351
About
1 in 35,792
This common or more
56.3%
Who bears it

Of the 8,351 people with the last name Lea, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lea

#4,123 Clausen · 8,358#4,124 Munn · 8,356#4,126 Partida · 8,346#4,127 Arguello · 8,345

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lea, most common first.

#19 Lee · 695,657#200 Le · 138,532#3,478 Lei · 10,011#4,233 Leo · 8,092#4,705 Lew · 7,305#6,747 Ley · 4,804#12,475 Leu · 2,373#38,417 Leao · 620

Also a first name

As a first name, Lea ranks #1,241 of 53,615, with 30,568 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1970, with 600 births. See Lea as a first name

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