Leach
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See also: leach
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two main origins:
- Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
- Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake).
Proper noun[edit]
Leach (countable and uncountable, plural Leaches)
- A surname from Old English.
- A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Leach is the 772nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44581 individuals. Leach is most common among White (80.28%) and Black/African American (13.84%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Census-designated places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- English surnames from occupations