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

Family Name / Last Name: Leicht
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Alsace-Lorraine, is a nickname for an agile man or spirit light (leicht German). For cons, the name corresponds to a trade Leichter, who castrated animals (Middle High German lihten).

How popular is Leicht?

Leicht is common in United States.

Leicht is ranked 56534 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leicht bearers increased by 4.856953 per cent in 2010 US census to 1576 since 2000, the surname slipped by 441 spots and ranked at 17775. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.49 96.47
Hispanic or Latino 1.9 1.73
Others 1.4 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.47
Leicht is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 8247 people have been found who wears Leicht as their family name. Leicht is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
615,517 Russia6
35,184 Poland3
108,034 Italy3
14,004 Hungary2
14,521 Portugal2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
15,999 Slovakia2
1,333 Guam2
6,033 Benin1
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,879 Belize1
107,212 South Africa1
37,779 Serbia1
38,841 Scotland1
18,969 Wales1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
12,745 Luxembourg1
56,169 Mexico1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
21,712 Sweden44
46,461 Netherlands40
35,087 Czech Republic37
126,462 England22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
6,080 Denmark98
66,582 Argentina60
17,264 Israel59
Countries with hundreds of Leicht:
42,856 Brazil254
17,171 Canada213
15,602 Australia171
61,459 France159
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Leicht:
1,630 Germany4,774
16,396 United States2,021
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Valentine Strub
Leicht is an Alsatian family name, profession name, derived from the Middle High German lihten, castrate, designated the chartreur this name also means agile, speedy, sobriquet.

Leicht Namesakes

  • Aine Leicht, Film actress
  • Rebecca Bebe Leicht, Allan Leicht's daughter
  • Stephen Leicht, Race car driver
  • Kristýna Leichtová, Actress
  • Garrit Leicht, Football linebacker
  • Jerry Leichtling, Screenwriter
  • Hugo Leichtentritt, Composer
  • Kristýna Leichtová, Actress
  • Jake Leicht, Football player
  • Míša Leicht, Singer
  • David Leicht, from 2018 comedy, drama flick The New Hire, who characterized Barry Johnson.

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