Explore the Family Name Leising

The meaning of Leising

1. English: from an Old Norse personal name or nickname, Leysingi, from leysingi ‘freedman’. Compare Lazenby. 2. South German: habitational name from Leising in Bavaria, Styria (Austria), or from Leissing in Franconia. Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Erwin, Otto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Leising witnessed a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 33,471 out of all U.S. surnames. By 2010, it had dropped to 35,294, marking a decline of 5.45%. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased slightly from 643 in 2000 to 638 in 2010—a small change of -0.78%. Consequently, the proportion of people named Leising per 100,000 population also declined by 8.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,471	#35,294	-5.45%
Count	643	638	-0.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.22	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Leising

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Leising also saw some changes from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander doubled from 0.78% to 1.57%. There was a modest increase of 12.14% in the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic. However, the majority of people with this surname identified as White during both census years—97.20% in 2000 and 96.39% in 2010, indicating a slight decrease of 0.83%. There were no reported changes in the percentage of individuals identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	96.39%	-0.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.78%	1.57%	101.28%
Hispanic	1.4%	1.57%	12.14%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%