Leery Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Leery Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 30 | 1:147,662 | 8,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 64 | 1:784,667 | 49,209 |
Leery (22) may also be a first name.
Leery Demographics
Leery Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Leery Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leery Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leery is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Leery click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leery? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Leery reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The last name Leery is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 50 percent reside and New Jersey, where 50 percent reside. Beside The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside.
Leery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Leery has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 97 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leery Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (87%) in Ireland.
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Leery Reference & Research
Leary DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Leary 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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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 Leery
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