The Leib surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,829 people carried this name — #14,857 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Leib.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Leib live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leib.
- Lehner 3,177 · U.S. census
- Lehnert 1,191 · U.S. census
- Lehoux 217 · U.S. census
- Lehr 6,338 · U.S. census
- Lehrer 1,688 · U.S. census
- Lehrmann 405 · U.S. census
- Leibel 559 · U.S. census
- Leibenguth 218 · U.S. census
- Leiber 428 · U.S. census
- Leicht 1,503 · U.S. census
- Leichtnam 180 · U.S. census
- Leick 649 · U.S. census
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