Leekie Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Leekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Leekie Demographics
Leekie Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Leekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leekie is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leekie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Leekie reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Leekie is most widely held in Canada, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada Leekie is most prevalent in: British Columbia, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Canada this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 30 percent are found.
Leekie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leekie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leekie surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leekie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Leekie last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leekie
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