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

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

How popular is Leath?

Leath is common in United States.

Leath is ranked 101031 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leath bearers increased by 2.181818 per cent in 2010 US census to 3372 since 2000, the surname slipped by 526 spots and ranked at 9628. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.44 66.18
Black 30.49 30.12
Others 2.02 1.55
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 1.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5 0.45
Leath 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 British Virgin Islands. Around 4140 people have been found who wears Leath as their family name. Leath is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,054 China3
12,161 Wales2
147,165 Czech Republic2
810,193 Indonesia1
1,704,541 India1
799 British Virgin Islands1
492,292 Ukraine1
11,923 Slovenia1
38,841 Scotland1
29,046 Japan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
172,258 Germany1
846 American Samoa1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,974 New Zealand47
64,073 Australia28
144,062 Canada16
Countries with hundreds of Leath:
25,613 England188
Countries with thousands of Leath:
9,557 United States3,841
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Weaver Thomas Leath from Great Britain aboard the Vermont from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on October 19, 1846.

Leath Namesakes

  • Stephen Leatherman, Author
  • Lillie Leatherwood, Olympic athlete
  • Milan the Leather Boy, Singer
  • Toi'ya Leatherwood, Actress
  • Brennyn Violet Leath, Actor
  • Brie Leatham, Actor
  • Lillie Leatherwood, Olympic athlete
  • Vaughn De Leath, Singer
  • George Leatham, Politician
  • Jack Leathersich, Baseball pitcher
  • James Leath played small role of N in 2012 horror flick Tagus Ranch Massacre.

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