How rare is the last name Leary?

14,558 people in the United States have the last name Leary, about 1 in 20,532. It ranks #2,429 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEARY

#2,429

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,558
About
1 in 20,532
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 14,558 people with the last name Leary, 78.6% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 3.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Leary

#2,427 Julian · 14,572#2,428 Leone · 14,562#2,430 Power · 14,550#2,431 Shipman · 14,539

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leary, most common first.

#4,700 Lear · 7,312

Also a first name

As a first name, Leary ranks #32,025 of 53,615, with 265 people. See Leary as a first name

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