as a Last Name
- 42,031
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Leach
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. occupational name for a physician, Old English lǣce, from the medieval medical practice of ‘bleeding’, often by applying leeches to the sick person. 2. topographic name for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from an Old English læcc, or a habitational name from Eastleach or Northleach in Gloucestershire, named with the same Old English element.
| 698th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 42,031
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Leach per capita
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