Surname statistics for Leek

There are approximately 2,775 people named Leek in the UK. That makes it the 3,483rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 44 are named Leek.

Frequency Comparisons
TotalRankFrequency %Per million people
Great Britain
United Kingdom (current)27753483N/A44
United Kingdom (1881 census)144928940.00548
Change since 1881+1326-589-0.001-4
Other Countries
United States30749697N/A11
Australia2456285N/A15

Politics

People with the surname Leek are slightly more likely to be politicians than the average member of the population. When they do become politicians, they are most likely to be elected as Conservative.

More stats for the politics nerds!

Top male forenames

Michael Leek
David Leek
Richard Leek
Robert Leek
Christopher Leek
John Leek
Andrew Leek
Simon Leek
Trevor Leek
Timothy Leek
James Leek
Roger Leek
Paul Leek
Charles Leek
Steven Leek
Stephen Leek
Nigel Leek
Brian Leek
Samuel Leek
Peter Leek

Top female forenames

Jane Leek
Helen Leek
Sharon Leek
Cara Leek
Joanna Leek
Patricia Leek
Hilary Leek
Rebecca Leek
Debbie Leek
Julie Leek
Doris Leek
Bridget Leek
Samantha Leek
Anne Leek
Lisa Leek
Joanne Leek
Teresa Leek
Jean Leek
Kay Leek
Adele Leek

Notes

  • Total is the total number of people with that surname.
  • Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
  • Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
  • Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

All of these are approximate figures, and the current figures especially so. The 1881 census figures are correct for what was recorded on the census, but we don't really know how accurate it was. At least, though the 1881 figures won't change, as it's a snapshot of a point in time. The current figures, by contrast, are variable according to births, deaths, migration and marriages, so the values shown here are only a best approximation to whatever was the case when the underlying data was collated and will not be the same as whatever the values are right now.

'N/A' indicates that we don't have data for this name in that country or time (usually because it's quite uncommon there and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one there with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the UK as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.