Leach Surname
Approximately 91,645 people bear this surname
Leach Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the leech,' a physician; Middle English leche. 'Leche, medicus': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The divel made a reve for to preche, Or of a souter a shipman, or a leche.' Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.
Read More About This SurnameLeach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57,285 | 1:6,327 | 737 |
| England | 17,903 | 1:3,112 | 412 |
| Australia | 5,307 | 1:5,087 | 731 |
| Canada | 4,226 | 1:8,719 | 1,302 |
| South Africa | 1,923 | 1:28,174 | 3,629 |
| New Zealand | 1,124 | 1:4,029 | 637 |
| Wales | 873 | 1:3,545 | 384 |
| Romania | 356 | 1:56,399 | 6,916 |
| Scotland | 349 | 1:15,340 | 1,924 |
| Jamaica | 339 | 1:8,466 | 965 |
| Spain | 188 | 1:248,681 | 15,952 |
| Cambodia | 129 | 1:120,055 | 2,544 |
| France | 128 | 1:518,928 | 71,816 |
| Barbados | 115 | 1:2,500 | 424 |
| Ireland | 95 | 1:49,568 | 3,605 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 87 | 1:15,678 | 1,971 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Northern Ireland | 61 | 1:30,246 | 3,146 |
| Denmark | 61 | 1:92,536 | 8,820 |
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Japan | 56 | 1:2,282,934 | 29,427 |
| Sweden | 55 | 1:179,032 | 12,357 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Isle of Man | 43 | 1:1,996 | 375 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Guyana | 35 | 1:21,778 | 2,654 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29 | 1:3,885 | 538 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 87 | 1:50,918 | 4,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,103 | 1:2,014 | 281 |
| Wales | 214 | 1:7,329 | 467 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:70,627 | 4,135 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,217 | 1:4,111 | 506 |
Leach (311) may also be a first name.
Leach Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the leech,' a physician; Middle English leche. 'Leche, medicus': Promptorium Parvulorum 'The divel made a reve for to preche, Or of a souter a shipman, or a leche.' Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.
'Harpemakers, leches, and upholsters, Porters, fesycyens. and corsers.': Cocke Lorelle's Bote.
With Leachman, compare merchantman, PrieSt man, &c.
Edmund le Leche, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Leche, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Robert le Leche, 1307. Writs of Parliament.
John le Leche. Riley's Memorials of London.
Robertus Leche, taverner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(a) Local, 'at the lache,' i.e. the lake. In Lancashire Leach has absorbed Lache (which see), which explains the commonness of that surname in that shire.
From Old English laece, 'doctor.' The medicus regis is often mentioned in old charters. Henry Leche held a tenement in Glasgow, 1325 (LCD., p. 157). Henry Leche, 'vallettus' to David de Bruys (Rot. Scot., p. 724,797), is later referred to in a safe conduct by Edward III of England in 1348 as "Hector medicus David de Bruys." From another reference to him in 1369 (RMS., I, 333) he turns out to be a MacBeth, perhaps one of the family of hereditary doctors of that name so famous in West Highland history. Wilham de (an error for 'le') Lech or Leche was burgess of Aberdeen, 1362 (REA., I, p. 105,106). He may be William Leche, merchant of Aberdeen, whose goods were plundered in England, 1370, when his ship was driven ashore in Kirklee Rode, Suffolk (Bain, IV, 158). John Leitch, canon of Glasgow, appears in 1363 as Leche, and in 1372 as Lithe (for Liche) or Leche. Robert Leche, seneschal to the earl of March and Moray, 1367 (RMS., I, 265). Ferchard Leche had a grant of lands in Assynt in 1386 to be held for the services of old due and wont (OPS., II, p. 695,704). The land of Thomas Leyche is mentioned in 1421 (RAA., II, 56). Patrick Leiche (Lech, Leich, Leche) appears several times as a canon of Glasgow between 1440—82, and built and endowed S. Mauchan's altar in the church there (REG.). John Leche had a garden in the same city in 1487 (LCD., p. 200). Gilbert Leiche was made burgess of Aberdeen, 1452 (NSCM., I, p. 13), and Alexander Leche, chaplain, a Scotsman, received letters of denization in England in 1484 (Bain, IV, 1500). Sir Archibald Lech, chaplain at Lismore, 1511 (Poltolloch Writs, p. 183), is Sir Archibald Leycthe, provost of Kilmun in 1520 (Cawdor, p. 135). Leatch 1779, Leeiche 1638, Leiche 1550, Liech 1767, Litch 1639. There was an old family of this name (Lech, Leech, Leich, Leitch) in Menteith in the sixteenth century who gave name to Leitchtown there, and the Leitches of Logie-Almond are said to have been a family of doctors. Andrew Leiche, preceptor of the grammar school of Brechin in 1580 is probably Andrew Leitche who was minister of Maritoun (Maryton), Montrose, 1587 (REB., 216,329). A tombstone in Maryton reads: "Heir lyis Villame Lietch and David Lieth tvoe briether soum tyme in Old Montrois" who died in 1666 (Jervise, I, p. 368). John Leech of Aberdeen, author of Rudimenta Grammaticae Latinse, London, 1624, Latinized his name Leochaeus in the fifteenth century the lands of Kildavanan in Bute were held by a family named Lech for a "yearly reddendo of two pennies or a pair of gloves within the parish church of Bute." John Lech, son of deceased Gilzequhome or Gilquhome, had a grant of these lands in June, 1429 (RMS., II,129), which had belonged by heritage to the same Gilzequhome. In 1466 or earlier Gilchrist Leiche, lord of Kilmavanane, granted to his son and heir, David Leiche, these same lands, except two acres called the Clours. See Macinleich.
= Leech, q.v.
“Physician” in Old English (Leech).
(English) Dweller at, or near. the Leach (stream), a river in Gloucestershire; a bloodletter or physician.
A parish united with Marlston, co. Chester. Not in all cases to be confounded with Leech.
Or Medicus. Robert, William, Odard, Hugh, Nicholas, Matthew, Durand, Arnulph, Robert, William Medicus, Normandy 1180- 98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). William, Robert, Julian, Alexander M. England 1194- 1200 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
From the German, Liche; a personal name.
Leech: a surgeon, so called because he ministers to the health of the lych, or body.
Leach Demographics
Average Leach Salary in
United States
$42,065 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leach (Arabic: يتش) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Leach? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,175th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 79,519 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Leach are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 498,315th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 311 people.
This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 57,285 people, or 1 in 6,327. In The United States Leach is most common in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 108 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Leach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leach last name grew 469 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 408 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 658 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 109 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Leach Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States Leach are 12.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.3% registered with the party.
The amount Leach earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.02% more than the national average, earning R 356,508 per year; in United States they earn 2.51% less than the national average, earning $42,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.89% more than the national average, earning $52,112 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leach in the Arabic language | ||
| يتش | ytsh | - |
| ليش | lysh | - |
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