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The LEAVER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,445 17859 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 360 12455 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +1085 -5404 0 -2
Other Countries
Australia 499 3225 0.003 31
United Kingdom 2,102 2835 0.005 46
Top States for LEAVER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 134 5961 0.002 21
California 125 18437 0.000 4
Ohio 97 13045 0.001 9
Pennsylvania 77 18174 0.001 6
Tennessee 73 7208 0.001 13
Top States for LEAVER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 27 5788 0.002 22
Massachusetts 134 5961 0.002 21
Nevada 30 7356 0.002 15
Utah 32 6875 0.001 14
Montana 12 11415 0.001 13

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

Classification and Origin of LEAVER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LEAVER 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 LEAVER 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 LEAVER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 38 2.63
Mixed Race 22 1.52
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.69
Asian/Pacific 7 0.48
Black/African American 7 0.48
White (Caucasian) 1,361 94.19

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

Meaning of LEAVER in historical publications

LEAVER. LEAVERS. See Lever.

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 LEAVER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LEAVER.

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 LEAVER

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