Leach is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leach
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leach

How popular is Leach?

Leach is common in England.

Leach is ranked 6574 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leach bearers increased by 2.095452 per cent in 2010 US census to 44581 since 2000, the surname slipped by 58 spots and ranked at 772. The last name was found in around 151 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.28 82.67
Black 13.84 13.26
Hispanic or Latino 2.42 1.44
Others 1.99 1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.88 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.44
Leach is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Barbados is ahead in terms of density. Around 82845 people have been found who wears Leach as their family name. Leach is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
4,296 China10
9,568 Thailand8
83,411 Czech Republic8
45,956 Philippines7
823,980 India6
1,346 Bermuda6
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
607,991 Indonesia5
381,097 Ukraine4
2,967 Vietnam3
6,779 Nicaragua3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
4,104 South Korea2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,472 The Bahamas2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
20,837 Venezuela2
3,014 Taiwan2
20,186 Kenya2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
26,532 Chile2
2,617 Cambodia2
5,318 Iraq2
5,298 Botswana2
19,093 Finland2
31,767 Greece2
44,018 Poland2
385 American Samoa2
17,236 Ghana1
2,578 Guam1
113 Falkland Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,191 Afghanistan1
31,584 Peru1
11,486 Estonia1
25,721 Egypt1
2,505 Congo1
734 Chad1
16,228 Bulgaria1
6,820 Angola1
1,542 Andorra1
1,254 Gibraltar1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
47,891 Norway1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,024 Mongolia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
1,179 Swaziland1
40,340 Malaysia1
6,688 Malawi1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,283 Lithuania1
13,447 Uganda1
2,196 Liberia1
20,172 Hungary1
5,467 Haiti1
24,460 Armenia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,183 Zimbabwe49
95,259 Italy45
7,175 Singapore41
2,443 Guyana41
37,591 Belgium37
396 Isle of Man34
15,412 Denmark34
318 Guernsey30
11,444 Portugal28
4,169 Cyprus26
90,092 Germany16
52,744 United Arab Emirates16
5,493 Japan11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
1,888 Trinidad and Tobago92
57,588 Argentina75
45,171 Tanzania73
2,801 Northern Ireland72
4,057 Panama65
37,331 Netherlands58
Countries with hundreds of Leach:
561 Wales655
1,244 Scotland617
12,384 Spain284
14,944 Mexico262
42,934 France233
1,340 Jamaica214
10,174 Romania209
2,148 Namibia163
353 Barbados147
3,096 Ireland131
9,948 Austria131
2,019 Hong Kong119
9,090 Sweden102
Countries with thousands of Leach:
1,218 South Africa5,479
734 Australia4,109
1,312 Canada3,899
668 New Zealand1,001
Countries with ten thousands of Leach:
740 United States49,674
470 England14,331
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Thomas Leach from Ireland aboard the Liverpool from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in New-York on November 4, 1848. Immigrant William Leach, John Leach, aged 31, Sarah Leach, aged 47, 25 years old John Leach, 16 years old Joseph Leach, Ann Leach, aged 40, Ann Leach, aged 20, John Leach (45) Immigrant, and 43 other Leach around 34.78% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster migrated to US from Bristol, Liverpool and Londonderry.

Comments

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Wenona Vorpahl
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several possibilities for this etymological name - either it comes from the agglutination of words lea etxe which means home sleds - either it comes from clumping legar etxe words meaning : home of the stony place this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Leach Namesakes

  • Nicole Leach, Actress
  • Cloris Leachman, Actress
  • Vonta Leach, Football fullback
  • Blue Leach, Director
  • Britt Leach, Character actor
  • Britt Leach, Character actor
  • Buddy Leach, American Politician
  • Simon Leach (1567-1638), Sheriff
  • Carlton Leach, Author
  • Cloris Leachman, Actress
  • In 2019, Conor Leach played the role of Sequin in drama movie Sequin in a Blue Room.

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