Lead is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lead
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lead

How popular is Lead?

Lead is ranked 270445 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leads plummeted by 51.0917 per cent to 112 since 2000 and slipped by 69511 spots and ranked at 147253. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.79 70.31
Hispanic or Latino 8.04 3.49
Lead is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in American Samoa. Around 1147 people have been found who wears Lead as their family name. Lead is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
20,790 Nigeria6
13,220 Thailand6
567,967 Indonesia6
46,707 New Zealand5
8,689 Pakistan4
32,086 Mexico3
46,068 Philippines3
41,879 Turkey2
9,185 Hong Kong2
24,766 Scotland2
19,046 Ireland2
26,123 Malaysia2
36,814 Romania1
25,746 Finland1
846 American Samoa1
123,175 Tanzania1
38,830 Morocco1
28,746 Algeria1
151,601 Spain1
29,046 Japan1
118,015 Netherlands1
6,149 Ethiopia1
120,357 Argentina1
25,721 Egypt1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,371 Syria1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,510 Oman1
13,447 Uganda1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,292 Vietnam1
10,958 Bangladesh1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
8,214 Singapore35
58,491 Australia32
8,720 Qatar29
23,443 Norway26
124,653 Canada20
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Lead:
21,711 England237
25,955 South Africa219
103,915 United States215
133,319 India137
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Fanny Lead hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 43 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ashburton and arrived on June 22, 1846. Mary Lead, aged 11, Robert Lead (13), are other Lead that migrated to US.

Lead Namesakes

  • Zachary Leader, Professor
  • Amory Leader, Composer
  • Andrea Leadsom, Member of Parliament
  • Andrea Leadsom, Member of Parliament
  • Barrie Leadbeater, Cricket Umpire
  • Bernie Leadon, Musician
  • Bethan Mary Leadley, Musical Artist
  • Mary Leader, Poet
  • David Leadbetter, Sports instructor
  • Frederick Leadbetter, Financier

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