Last Name LEITH

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Meaning	Local: from the town of Leith in Edinburghshire. The family are descended from William Leith.

Origin	Scottish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	12,976 (2000 US census)	9,814 (1990 US census)

Count	2,166 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.43%, or 1937 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.54%, or 55 total occurrences, as black,
0.65%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
3.46%, or 75 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.08%, or 45 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.85%, or 40 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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