Leith is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leith
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leith

How popular is Leith?

Leith is common in South Africa.

Leith is ranked 48156 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leiths grew by 13.01939 per cent to 2448 since 2000 and ranked 12642 after elevating 334 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.38 89.43
Black 3.31 2.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.19 3.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.53 1.85
Others 2.49 2.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0.65
Leith is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9916 people have been found who wears Leith as their family name. Leith is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
2,871 Iraq4
10,542 China4
9,097 Wales3
19,452 Malaysia3
18,114 Algeria3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
6,900 Oman2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,183 Jordan2
139,444 Brazil2
50,640 Switzerland2
723,167 Indonesia2
95,312 Argentina2
13,552 Qatar2
3,871 Paraguay2
2,037 Cayman Islands1
174,544 Czech Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
30,360 Thailand1
277,603 France1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
47,891 Norway1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
118,015 Netherlands1
3,275 Nepal1
573 Vanuatu1
3,071 Jersey1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
3,952 Yemen1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
8,504 Ireland33
11,685 Singapore24
43,584 Zimbabwe24
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,992 Puerto Rico68
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Leith:
901 Scotland912
5,046 Canada876
4,604 Australia652
1,628 New Zealand462
38,477 Germany269
21,011 Mexico157
1,242 Trinidad and Tobago153
1,957 Jamaica125
Countries with thousands of Leith:
12,090 United States2,931
4,374 England1,699
4,952 South Africa1,315
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old immigrant M. Leith who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 14, 1849 by Hottinger put out from Liverpool. Haorad Leith (22) Merchant, 26 years old John Leith, Workman John Leith, 35 years old A. Leith, James Leith (45) Fisher Man, 36 years old Christian Leith, Donald Leith, aged 11, Malcolm Leith, aged 9, are others that migrated to US.

Leith Namesakes

  • Alastair Leithead, Journalist
  • Anika Leithner, Author
  • Audine Leith, Actress
  • James Leith Macbeth Bain, Writer
  • Virginia Leith, Film actress
  • Alastair Leithead, Journalist
  • Peter Leithart, Author
  • Damien Leith, Singer-songwriter
  • Peter Leithart, Author
  • Disney Leith, Author

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