Leap is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leap
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leap

How popular is Leap?

Leap is common in United States.

Leap is ranked 46192 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leaps plummeted by 3.794466 per cent to 1217 since 2000 and slipped by 1760 spots and ranked at 21470. 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 91.78 93.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.35 3.24
Hispanic or Latino 1.89 1.19
Others 1.15 1.5
Leap is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 10395 people have been found who wears Leap as their family name. Leap 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
14,054 China3
139,444 Brazil2
18,035 Egypt2
19,046 Ireland2
9,185 Hong Kong2
62,864 New Zealand1
810,193 Indonesia1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
107,212 South Africa1
7,292 Vietnam1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,578 Guam1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
846 American Samoa1
38,830 Morocco1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
53,505 Turkey1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
80,121 Australia20
493,558 India15
156,482 Canada14
Countries with hundreds of Leap:
71,225 Germany134
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Leap:
323 Cambodia8,403
19,989 United States1,609
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Leap worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Columbia and arrived on April 5, 1850. Thomas Leap (26) Workman, 25 years old Mary Leap, Elen Leap (18) Immigrant, are other Leap that migrated to US.

Leap Namesakes

  • Mary Leapor, Poet
  • Heng Bun Leap, Actor
  • Donnie Leapheart, Screenwriter
  • Edwina Leapman, Visual Artist
  • Kweli Leapart, Actress
  • Lucian Leape, Physician
  • Lucian Leape, Physician
  • Tracie Leaphart, Costumer
  • Heng Bun Leap, Actor

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