Leith meaning | Last name Leith origin

Following is the meaning of Leith surname. Family name Leith is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Leith
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Leith

Leith is used as a family name or surname in South Africa languages. Leith has 5 characters long in length.

Leith is common in South Africa country(ies).

Leith is ranked 48156 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Leiths grew by 13.01939 per cent to 2448 since 2000 and ranked 12642 after elevating 334 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.38 89.43
Black 3.31 2.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.19 3.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.53 1.85
Others 2.49 2.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.1 0.65

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Leith

How popular is Leith?

Leith is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9916 people have been found who wears Leith as their family name. Leith is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
2,871 Iraq4
10,542 China4
9,097 Wales3
19,452 Malaysia3
18,114 Algeria3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
6,900 Oman2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,183 Jordan2
139,444 Brazil2
50,640 Switzerland2
723,167 Indonesia2
95,312 Argentina2
13,552 Qatar2
3,871 Paraguay2
2,037 Cayman Islands1
174,544 Czech Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
30,360 Thailand1
277,603 France1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

During the great famine, 18 years old immigrant M. Leith who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 14, 1849 by Hottinger put out from Liverpool. Haorad Leith (22) Merchant, 26 years old John Leith, Workman John Leith, 35 years old A. Leith, James Leith (45) Fisher Man, 36 years old Christian Leith, Donald Leith, aged 11, Malcolm Leith, aged 9, are others that migrated to US.

Celebrities having Leith surname

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Peter Leithart Author
Damien Leith Singer-songwriter
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