Last Name LEACH

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The leech, a physician. Also local, 'at the lache,' i.e. the lake. In county Lancaster Leach has absorbed Lache.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank 714 (2000 US census) 686 (1990 US census)
Count 43,666 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.67%, or 36099 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.26%, or 5790 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.44%, or 192 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.79%, or 345 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.4%, or 611 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.44%, or 629 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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