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LEET

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There are approximately 154 people named Leet in the UK. That makes it the 16,009th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2 are named Leet.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Leet surname in historical dictionaries

LEET. LEETE. A meeting of crossroads. Halliw. The origin of Icet as applied to an assembly or convention, as in court-leet, borough-leet, is disputed. See Eichardson's Diet. ; but the primaiy idea of a 'meeting' seems to be borne out by Mr. Halliwell's definition.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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