Leroy Forename
5,580th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 187,979 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Leroy Forename Definition:
A Old French name, meaning: The king.
Leroy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 154,822 | 1:2,342 | 432 |
| Jamaica | - | 6,008 | 1:480 | 97 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,333 | 1:9,941 | 1,157 |
| England | 100% | 3,229 | 1:17,220 | 1,147 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,769 | 1:19,694 | 2,753 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,928 | 1:8,767 | 1,134 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,350 | 1:3,268 | 443 |
| Bahamas | - | 994 | 1:402 | 79 |
| Guyana | 100% | 979 | 1:780 | 90 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 876 | 1:1,554 | 295 |
| Philippines | 99% | 750 | 1:141,346 | 7,045 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Australia | - | 695 | 1:19,651 | 1,401 |
| Barbados | - | 656 | 1:442 | 97 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Kenya | - | 439 | 1:105,483 | 5,438 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 342 | 1:160 | 3 |
| Belize | 100% | 313 | 1:1,132 | 230 |
| India | 100% | 306 | 1:3,970,189 | 164,266 |
| Haiti | 100% | 290 | 1:36,989 | 2,641 |
| Panama | 100% | 243 | 1:16,076 | 1,753 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 230 | 1:477 | 68 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 229 | 1:487 | 29 |
| Israel | 90% | 212 | 1:39,636 | 2,740 |
| Grenada | 100% | 209 | 1:517 | 61 |
| Namibia | - | 202 | 1:11,902 | 1,355 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| New Zealand | - | 193 | 1:23,503 | 1,744 |
| France | 100% | 180 | 1:369,280 | 4,580 |
| Dominica | - | 178 | 1:424 | 92 |
| Thailand | 97% | 173 | 1:405,005 | 20,524 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 155 | 1:99,508 | 7,215 |
| Chile | 66% | 150 | 1:117,381 | 2,792 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 149 | 1:667 | 94 |
| Germany | 100% | 143 | 1:676,069 | 6,277 |
| Mexico | 98% | 139 | 1:893,125 | 7,672 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 135 | 1:225,555 | 12,587 |
| Brazil | 100% | 116 | 1:1,846,863 | 39,966 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 114 | 1:264,929 | 8,801 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 112 | 1:1,585,396 | 34,144 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 107 | 1:1,662 | 303 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 102 | 1:46,745 | 2,131 |
| Congo | 100% | 96 | 1:52,179 | 3,884 |
| Russia | 67% | 94 | 1:1,534,401 | 11,335 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 88 | 1:697 | 123 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| Belgium | 100% | 83 | 1:138,434 | 4,071 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:453 | 44 |
| Singapore | 100% | 69 | 1:91,117 | 7,290 |
| Cameroon | 71% | 66 | 1:327,432 | 12,021 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| China | - | 58 | 1:23,552,686 | 60,593 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 54 | 1:150,969 | 13,227 |
| Spain | 100% | 54 | 1:861,666 | 8,167 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:694 | 139 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 49 | 1:122,823 | 3,914 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Wales | 95% | 39 | 1:79,341 | 2,199 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Peru | 100% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 30 | 1:8,598,789 | 287,510 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 29 | 1:457 | 30 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Honduras | 100% | 28 | 1:314,910 | 5,903 |
| Sweden | 95% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 19 | 1:376,421 | 16,551 |
| Qatar | 100% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Argentina | 67% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Montserrat | - | 16 | 1:305 | 19 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:38,730 | 2,561 |
| Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 14 | 1:1,648,281 | 41,086 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Denmark | - | 10 | 1:564,950 | 8,399 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Italy | 93% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Marshall Islands | 89% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8 | 1:230,393 | 1,900 |
| Benin | - | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Finland | 86% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Léroy (24) are calculated separately.
Leroy (138,221) may also be a surname.
Leroy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Old French name, meaning: The king.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Leroy Forename Popularity
Leroy Demographics
Average Leroy Salary in
United States
$38,594 USD
Per year
Rank:
273,055 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0421572
Rank: 433 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
88.66%
Sample size: 90,046 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Leroy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leroy in the Russian language | ||
| Лерой | leroj | - |
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