Last Name LEA

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Meaning	Local: At the lea. A pasture, meadow, lands not plowed, a common, a sheltered place; 'Lee,' a river, a stream, from 'Lli,' Welsh, a stream.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Norwegian, Chilean, Irish, Samoan, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank	3,414 (2000 US census)	3,529 (1990 US census)

Count	9,597 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.16%, or 7021 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.39%, or 1573 total occurrences, as black,
5.63%, or 540 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.8%, or 77 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.9%, or 182 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.13%, or 204 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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