How rare is the last name Leigh?

10,042 people in the United States have the last name Leigh, about 1 in 29,765. It ranks #3,468 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEIGH

#3,468

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,042
About
1 in 29,765
This common or more
54.3%
Who bears it

Of the 10,042 people with the last name Leigh, 74.2% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Leigh

#3,466 Logsdon · 10,044#3,467 Ling · 10,043#3,469 Ballesteros · 10,033#3,470 Gaither · 10,027

Spelled almost the same

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

#36,981 Lehigh · 649#100,083 Leich · 193

Also a first name

As a first name, Leigh ranks #1,080 of 53,615, with 38,258 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1969, with 1,641 births. See Leigh as a first name

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