Leitch is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leitch
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leitch

How popular is Leitch?

Leitch is common in South Africa.

Leitch is ranked 31211 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leitch bearers increased by 6.067563 per cent in 2010 US census to 3234 since 2000, the surname slipped by 187 spots and ranked at 9976. 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 90.11 92.65
Black 4.82 3.87
Hispanic or Latino 2.16 1.44
Others 1.67 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.2
Leitch is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guyana is ahead in terms of density. Around 16083 people have been found who wears Leitch as their family name. Leitch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
720,003 Russia4
8,411 Costa Rica4
3,340 Jamaica3
40,256 Mexico2
1,500,361 India2
6,103 Cyprus2
35,969 Denmark2
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,718 Thailand2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
54,135 Philippines2
13,552 Qatar2
10,183 Jordan2
810,193 Indonesia1
169,904 Brazil1
923 Turks and Caicos Islands1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,292 Vietnam1
19,810 Croatia1
3,586 Honduras1
49,529 Israel1
153,416 Italy1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,071 Jersey1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
5,589 Sudan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
63,662 Spain26
552 Bermuda16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Leitch:
3,270 Sri Lanka717
189 Guyana648
1,320 New Zealand556
713 Northern Ireland453
50,182 Germany202
66,174 France147
3,094 Wales124
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Leitch:
9,290 United States3,967
3,176 England2,425
2,428 Canada2,048
484 Scotland1,779
2,081 Australia1,517
5,812 South Africa1,114
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Leitch was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 12, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Pursuit from Glasgow. U Leitch (24) , Margaret Leitch, aged Born at sea, Immigrant Rebecca Leitch, Workman George Leitch, Immigrant William Leitch, Hugh Leitch (26) Farmer, David Leitch (24) Farmer, D. Leitch, aged 19, are other Leitch that migrated to US from Glasgow, Londonderry, Liverpool and Belfast.

Leitch Namesakes

  • Ailsa Leitch, Peter Dutton's mother
  • Maurice Leitch, Author
  • AJ Leitch-Smith, Soccer player
  • Archibald Leitch, Architect
  • Barry Leitch, Music composer
  • Megan Leitch, Actress
  • Barry Leitch, Music composer
  • Maurice Leitch, Author
  • Maurice Leitch, Author
  • Maurice Leitch, Author

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