How Many People Have the Last Name Lea?
people had the surname Lea in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 32,154 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−417 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Lea (72.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Lea ranks #2,914. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Lea fell from 9,597 people in 2000 to 9,180 in 2010 (down 4.3%), and its rank fell from #3,414 to #3,863.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 9,597 | 9,180 |
| Rank | #3,414 | #3,863 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.56 | 3.11 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Lea
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Lea: L000
👤 Lea as a First Name
Lea is a first name too: about 29,739 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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