Leach
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See also: leach
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Two main origins:
- Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).
- Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake).
Proper noun
Leach (countable and uncountable, plural Leaches)
- A surname from Old English.
- A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
- The River Leach, a river in Gloucestershire, with a short stretch in Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames at Lechlade.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Leach is the 772nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44581 individuals. Leach is most common among White (80.28%) and Black/African American (13.84%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.