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

Family Name / Last Name: Leight
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leight

How popular is Leight?

Leight is common in United States.

Leight is ranked 258230 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leights plummeted by 5.005441 per cent to 873 since 2000 and slipped by 2277 spots and ranked at 27581. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.27 97.28
Others 2.41 0.76
Hispanic or Latino 1.49 0.54
Black 0.92 0.65
Leight is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 1224 people have been found who wears Leight as their family name. Leight have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
19,533 Uruguay1
66,560 Philippines1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
897,276 Russia1
120,357 Argentina1
151,601 Spain1
1,704,541 India1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,981 Canada43
64,073 Australia28
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,317 England75
Countries with thousands of Leight:
28,240 United States1,067

Leight Namesakes

  • Allan Leighton, Businessman
  • Amanda Leighton, Film actress
  • William Leighton, Former Lord Mayor of London
  • Warren Leight, Playwright
  • Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet, Politician
  • Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet, Politician
  • Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
  • Bertie Leighton, Politician
  • Robert Leighton, Film Editor
  • Roland Leighton, Poet
  • Sarah Leight, from 2017 drama and horror movie The Grinn, who played the Leira.

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