Explore the Family Name Leidig

The meaning of Leidig

German: 1. from a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names composed with the first element liut ‘people, tribe’. 2. nickname for a disagreeable, cantankerous person, from Middle High German leidic ‘disagreeable, tiresome’ or from līdec ‘suffering, patient’ for a person with these qualities. Compare Leidigh, Leidy, Leyda, Leydig, Lyda 1, Lyday, and Lydick.

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How common is the last name Leidig in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Leidig saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 36,672 but by 2010 it had slipped to 36,970, marking a change of -0.81%. However, the count of individuals with this surname increased slightly from 575 in 2000 to 604 in 2010, an increase of 5.04%. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased slightly from 0.21 to 0.2, representing a drop of 4.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,672	#36,970	-0.81%
Count	575	604	5.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.2	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Leidig

The Decennial U.S. Census data shows a few shifts in ethnic identity for the surname Leidig between 2000 and 2010. For instance, there was no recorded data of Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native affiliations in 2000, but by 2010, 2.48% identified as Hispanic. Meanwhile, those identifying as two or more races increased by 59.62%, from 1.04% to 1.66%. The percentage of White individuals dropped slightly from 96.52% to 94.70%, while Black representation fell from 1.04% to zero during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.52%	94.7%	-1.89%
Hispanic	0%	2.48%	0%
Two or More Races	1.04%	1.66%	59.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.04%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%