Leeds Surname

63,519th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,886 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Leeds Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leeds,' the well-known town in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

1565. Buried — Elizabethe Leedes, alias Grove: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1575. Edward Leedes, Sussex: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Leeds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,0581:59,8317,052
England1,0101:55,1666,703
Australia4001:67,4898,035
Canada1701:216,73920,919
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Wales381:81,4356,830
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Scotland71:764,83125,488
France71:9,488,960336,266
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
India61:127,844,230863,365
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
China31:455,773,85521,925
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5491:44,4005,527
Scotland241:155,9676,425
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2331:40,7294,784

Leeds (483) may also be a first name.

Leeds Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Leeds,' the well-known town in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

1565. Buried — Elizabethe Leedes, alias Grove: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1575. Edward Leedes, Sussex: Register of the University of Oxford.

1609. Thomas Leedes, Sussex: ibid.

1647-8. Charles Leeds, of Biddenden, Kent, and Sarah Taylor: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Belonging to 1 Leeds (Yorks), the old Cymric petty kingdom in which district was called Loidis by Bede (‘Hist. Eccl.’ ii. 14) [origin obscure: perh. the stem Loid- represents an early form of Welsh llwyd= Old Breton loit = Gaelic and Irish liath, grey] 2 Leeds (Kent), formerly Ledes [Middle English ledes, prop. men (Old English léod(a, fellow-coun­tryman), also seems to have denoted their dwellings, judging from ‘Piers Plowman’: ‘With londes and ledes, lordshipes and rentes’ (10661-2); but the Kentish place- name is apparently too old to justify this explanation]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Leeds (district on the river), in Yorkshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The great town in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Leeds Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Leeds Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Leeds (Arabic: ليدس) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Leeds.

How Common Is The Last Name Leeds? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 63,519th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 924,112 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Leeds live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. Leeds is also the 386,824th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 483 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 6,058 people, or 1 in 59,831. In The United States Leeds is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States Leeds exists in 51 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Leeds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Leeds has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leeds surname rose 491 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 950 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 71 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Leeds Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Leeds surname are 8.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Leeds earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 141.32% more than the national average, earning R 573,468 per year; in United States they earn 18.52% more than the national average, earning $51,139 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $55,393 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leeads910/
Lees8938,110/
Leed891,762/
Leds895/
Leedsøe833/
Leese807,719/
Leest80865/
Leyds80339/
Leets80265/
Hlees80111/
Leess8041/
Leids8034/
Lieds8020/
Leesh8011/
Leads806/
Lueds802/
Leedd802/
Ledds801/
Lehds801/
Leedt801/
Lee's801/
Leeys800/
Ledse800/
Leedz800/
Leehs800/
Leecs800/
Leedsová772/
Lee752,280,266/
Les7510,374/
Led752,153/
Leites738,410/
Leytes73466/
Leesch73329/
Liedts73135/
Loheed7355/
Leates7332/
Loedts7324/
Leudts7317/
Lehedz7312/
Leeies7311/
Leidås737/
Leeseh736/
Leeste735/
Loweds731/
Leesse731/
Leeths731/
Gliees731/
Leeshe730/
Leedgy730/
Leidst730/
Leis6714,460/
Leys679,129/
Leus676,872/
Lete674,505/
Lesh674,349/
Leer674,224/
Less673,666/
Leet673,589/
Lies673,481/
Leas672,354/
Lied671,761/
Lese671,750/
Leid671,469/
Leep671,277/
Lets67891/
Lead67709/
Lesz67506/
Lles67152/
Lest67139/
Lece67125/
Leey6797/
Leathes6792/
Lehd6786/
Lehs6768/
Løes6751/
Leae6751/
Llee6750/
Leithes6746/
Leheste6745/
Le'e6744/
Leez6742/
Hles6739/
Leşe6738/
Leșe6738/
Leetsch6737/
Lhee6737/
Leea6735/
Lejs6731/
Leud6725/
Ledő6724/
Leße6717/
Leyd6716/
Leitess6715/
Leittes6713/
Hlee6711/
Ledd6710/
Lejd6710/
Lexs6710/
Leee677/
Ledt677/
Lged675/
Lids674/
Lled673/
Legiedz673/
Ledh672/
Leec672/
Lisehed672/
Hled672/
Lesj672/
Ledp672/
Leesová671/
Leex671/
Leís671/
Loheesh671/
Louheed671/
Ledz671/
Leesova671/
L'Ed671/
Leyttes671/
Leÿs671/
Șlee671/
Ljds671/
Lhes671/
Letd671/
Leggets670/
Lesp670/

Leeds Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Leeds in the Arabic language
ليدسlyds-
يدسyds-

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Leeds Reference & Research

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Leeds FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leeds
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