Leary is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leary
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leary

How popular is Leary?

Leary is common in United States.

Leary is ranked 17206 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leary bearers increased by 2.498843 per cent in 2010 US census to 15505 since 2000, the surname slipped by 148 spots and ranked at 2351. The last name was found in around 53 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.79 83.12
Black 14.58 13.62
Hispanic or Latino 2.07 1.26
Others 1.56 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.84 0.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.17
Leary is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 30465 people have been found who wears Leary as their family name. Leary is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
275,830 Ukraine8
7,031 China6
25,074 Greece3
6,270 Hong Kong3
10,211 Bulgaria2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
95,312 Argentina2
65,594 Belgium2
41,879 Turkey2
4,104 South Korea2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,333 Guam2
54,641 Sweden2
17,768 Pakistan1
24,460 Armenia1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,779 Serbia1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
123,175 Tanzania1
31,584 Peru1
28,746 Algeria1
1,970 Grenada1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
19,533 Uruguay1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
153,416 Italy1
1,253 Burundi1
8,859 Iraq1
29,595 Iran1
3,586 Honduras1
17,236 Ghana1
2,374 Bermuda1
14,373 Jordan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
29,046 Japan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
4,171 Rwanda1
24,176 Qatar1
47,891 Norway1
40,340 Malaysia1
537 Liechtenstein1
12,741 Ecuador1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
48,310 Spain40
219,714 Russia39
725 Malta31
15,050 Singapore18
355,817 Indonesia15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
19,740 Romania84
92,589 Brazil79
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Leary:
5,945 Canada725
14,763 South Africa420
2,296 New Zealand329
39,199 Philippines258
3,011 Scotland217
50,182 Germany202
77,708 France122
383 The Bahamas105
Countries with thousands of Leary:
207 Ireland3,920
2,826 England2,748
1,884 Australia1,679
Countries with ten thousands of Leary:
2,114 United States19,116
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Leary was 16 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 18, 1846. She lived in Ireland and took Cornet from Liverpool. Workman Michael Leary, William Leary (26) Workman, Anne Leary (20), Daniel Leary, aged 30, Servant Daniel Leary, U Leary, aged 36, 11 years old John Leary, Michael Leary (30) Servant, and 691 other Leary around 56.03% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, farmer, carpenter, servant, tailoress, dressmaker, shoemaker, mechanic, trade man, blacksmith migrated to US.

Leary Namesakes

  • Alphonso Leary, Basketball center
  • Denis Leary, Actor
  • Blake Leary, Rugby league lock
  • Brianne Leary, Actress
  • Michael Leary, Soccer player
  • Britt Leary, Actress
  • James C. Leary, Actor
  • James Leary, Composer
  • Caitlynn Leary, Actress
  • Denis Leary, Actor
  • In 0 thriller movie, Smalltown, Colleen McCaul Leary played Zoe.

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