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

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

How popular is Leedy?

Leedy is common in United States.

Leedy is ranked 118869 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leedy bearers increased by 1.192098 per cent in 2010 US census to 2971 since 2000, the surname slipped by 636 spots and ranked at 10743. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.42 96.73
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 0.61
Others 1.21 1.19
Black 0.71 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.27
Leedy is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 3383 people have been found who wears Leedy as their family name. Leedy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,552 Qatar2
5,916 Mozambique1
1,704,541 India1
289,511 England1
107,212 South Africa1
11,486 Estonia1
279,271 Australia1
53,505 Turkey1
172,258 Germany1
29,046 Japan1
9,591 Panama1
118,015 Netherlands1
4,249 Cambodia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
103,933 Canada25
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with thousands of Leedy:
10,892 United States3,326

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old spinster Anne Leedy who was residing in Kingstown, Ireland migrated to USA on July 15, 1850 by Lord London put out from Dublin. Immigrant Patt Leedy, 28 years old Margt. Leedy, Infant Fanny Leedy, are others that migrated to US.

Leedy Namesakes

  • John W. Leedy, Former Governor of Kansas
  • Loreen Leedy, Author
  • John W. Leedy, Former Governor of Kansas
  • In 2016, Jared Leedy played the role of Jason in action and horror film Quadrant 9EV9.

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