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Leake

in the US

There are 5,710 people with the last name "Leake" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Leake 4,796
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  5. is 4,796th most common Leake
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Similar Names and Nicknames

Leach, Leak, Leech, Leek, Lesko, Leaks, Lesch, Leckie, Leck, Laakso

Most Common First Names for Leake

James, Robert, John, William, Mary, David, Michael, Charles, Thomas, Linda

Meaning & History

Northern English:

  • 1. topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Old Norse loekr ‘brook’.There are also a number of places named with this word—such as Leake in North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire, Leek in Staffordshire, and Leck in Lancashire—and the surname may also be from any of these. Compare southern English Leach 2.
  • 2. possibly also a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of leeks, from Old English lēac.

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