Leader is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leader
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leader

How popular is Leader?

Leader is common in South Africa.

Leader is ranked 28496 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leaders grew by 9.539156 per cent to 3399 since 2000 and ranked 9563 after elevating 51 spots. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.85 88.37
Black 6.15 5.09
Hispanic or Latino 3.03 2.03
Others 2.21 1.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.68 2.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.09 0.58
Leader is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 17734 people have been found who wears Leader as their family name. Leader is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,722 Nigeria8
1,667 Cambodia4
4,997 Bangladesh4
7,458 Bulgaria3
70,383 Tanzania3
14,126 Colombia3
14,078 Japan3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
6,706 Lebanon3
3,752 Iraq3
10,267 Sri Lanka2
3,437 Sudan2
23,344 Austria2
95,312 Argentina2
3,014 Taiwan2
40,256 Mexico2
5,817 Albania2
5,300 Syria2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
2,152 Niger2
1,777 Jersey2
6,900 Oman2
10,183 Jordan2
23,858 Iran2
65,594 Belgium2
1,834 Malta2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,835 Libya2
11,224 Cameroon2
13,552 Qatar2
3,670 Mozambique2
28,365 Kenya1
25,746 Finland1
36,814 Romania1
13,606 Senegal1
5,467 Haiti1
3,993 El Salvador1
2,211 Brunei1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
1,819 Laos1
7,191 Afghanistan1
3,952 Yemen1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
58,885 Poland1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,040 Mali1
24,421 Slovakia1
66,560 Philippines1
10,190 Bahrain1
3,243 Suriname1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,435 Togo1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
12,745 Luxembourg1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,214 Singapore35
36,547 Switzerland27
4,169 Cyprus26
63,662 Spain26
42,407 Sweden22
5,067 Trinidad and Tobago22
28,338 Norway20
2,892 China15
7,162 Thailand15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
699 Bermuda13
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis86
6,180 Scotland85
2,858 Hong Kong83
3,598 Mauritius73
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Leader:
8,308 Algeria803
6,641 Pakistan754
6,425 Canada664
10,900 Morocco470
7,314 Saudi Arabia462
6,354 Australia455
31,843 Indonesia324
36,063 Brazil318
34,330 Germany303
7,134 Malaysia278
22,396 Turkey245
42,934 France233
3,393 New Zealand225
5,873 Israel188
110,321 India185
2,468 Ireland180
7,748 Tunisia132
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Leader:
9,451 United States3,894
3,281 England2,339
1,030 Vietnam2,186
6,094 Egypt1,021
6,461 South Africa1,005
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old workman John Leader who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on August 13, 1849 by Ann Dashwood put out from Liverpool. John Leader, aged 35, Mary Leader, 30 years old John Leader, 30 years old Timothy Leader, Thomas Leader, aged 19, 25 years old George Leader, 27 years old William Leader, John Leader (21) Blacksmith, and 1 other Leader around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Leader Namesakes

  • Zachary Leader, Professor
  • Amory Leader, Composer
  • Mary Leader, Poet
  • George M. Leader, Former Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Darian Leader, Psychoanalyst
  • George M. Leader, Former Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Robert Eadon Leader, Journalist
  • John Temple Leader, Politician
  • Imre Leader, Mathematician
  • Jeri Leader, Actress

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