Leahey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leahey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leahey

How popular is Leahey?

Leahey is common in United States.

Leahey is ranked 156400 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leaheies plummeted by 3.421728 per cent to 1129 since 2000 and slipped by 1747 spots and ranked at 22707. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.27 96.66
Others 2.13 1.2
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.59 0
Black 1.06 0.94
Leahey is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 2382 people have been found who wears Leahey as their family name. Leahey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
19,046 Ireland2
21,529 Singapore2
24,766 Scotland2
8,859 Iraq1
30,360 Thailand1
62,864 New Zealand1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
53,505 Turkey1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
Countries with hundreds of Leahey:
14,202 Canada265
24,100 England204
14,163 Australia191
Countries with thousands of Leahey:
19,254 United States1,681

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman Jerah. Leahey who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 7, 1846 by Agnes Gilmore put out from Liverpool. Bridget Leahey (21) Maid, Margret Leahey (24) Spinster, 30 years old John Leahey, Immigrant Gubby Leahey, 13 years old John Leahey, Workman David Leahey, 28 years old Daniel Leahey, Immigrant Pat Leahey, and 12 other Leahey around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Leahey Namesakes

  • Kanoa Leahey, Sports Reporter
  • Mimi Leahey, Television writer
  • Kanoa Leahey, Sports Reporter

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