Leland is used as a family name or surname in Denmark. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Leland
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Denmark
Meaning: Laland, an island in Denmark, the same as Leylande, the ancient manner of spelling the name, and denotes Low lands. In Welsh, Lle is a place, and Lan a church. Lan may signify any kind of enclosure, as Gwinlan, Perlan, an orchard, a word applied to gardens, houses, castles, or towns

How popular is Leland?

Leland is common in United States.

Leland is ranked 65434 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Leland bearers increased by 3.833797 per cent in 2010 US census to 4848 since 2000, the surname slipped by 250 spots and ranked at 6921. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.19 88.78
Black 8.23 7.45
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.46
Others 1.4 1.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.51
Leland is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 6955 people have been found who wears Leland as their family name. Leland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
13,220 Thailand6
8,438 China5
720,003 Russia4
10,686 Costa Rica3
21,529 Singapore2
54,135 Philippines2
34,581 Chile1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
5,467 Haiti1
7,292 Vietnam1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
277,603 France1
38,841 Scotland1
172,258 Germany1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,692 Ireland27
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,531 Norway72
Countries with hundreds of Leland:
13,406 Canada282
26,179 England183
Countries with thousands of Leland:
6,158 United States6,337
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Stephen Leland from Cork, Ireland aboard the David Cannon from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on September 30, 1848. Patrick Leland (18), Jerry Leland (20) Workman, Mary Leland (4), are others that migrated to US from Londonderry, Cork and Liverpool.

Leland Namesakes

  • James Leland Sims, Politician
  • John Leland, Poet
  • John Leland, Author
  • Charles Godfrey Leland, Author
  • John Leland Atwood, Engineer
  • Brad Leland, Film actor
  • John Leland, Poet
  • Charles Godfrey Leland, Author
  • Creighton Leland Robertson, Bishop
  • Thomas Leland, Author
  • Nick Leland played the central character of Tanner in 0 drama flick Missed Connection.

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