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The LEAKE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,550 4930 0.002 24
United States (1880 census) 1,126 4943 0.002 23
Change since 1880 +5424 +13 0 +1
Other Countries
Australia 295 5297 0.002 18
United Kingdom 1,734 3314 0.004 38
Top States for LEAKE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 662 1476 0.009 94
North Carolina 512 2289 0.006 64
Texas 425 5083 0.002 20
California 410 6977 0.001 12
Tennessee 350 2426 0.006 62
Top States for LEAKE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 662 1476 0.009 94
North Dakota 42 2665 0.007 65
North Carolina 512 2289 0.006 64
Kentucky 252 2265 0.006 62
Tennessee 350 2426 0.006 62

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LEAKE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LEAKE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LEAKE in Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LEAKE by picking someone at random in Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LEAKE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LEAKE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LEAKE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LEAKE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 113 1.73
Mixed Race 92 1.4
Native American/Alaskan 35 0.53
Asian/Pacific 24 0.37
White (Caucasian) 4,734 72.27
Black/African American 1,552 23.69

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LEAKE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LEAKE in historical publications

LEAKE. East and "West Leake are two parishes in co. Notts.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to LEAKE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LEAKE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LEAKE

The following words are slight variants of LEAKE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.