The Leth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 360 people carried this name — #56,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 12% from 408 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Leth.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 the Nordic population registers
231 people named Leth is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Leth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dines Leth d. 1732 · judge
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Peter Leth d. 1987
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Axel Leth d. 1968
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Niels Leth 1660–1713 · civil servant
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Christian Langemach Leth 1701–1764 · theologian
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Henrik Johan de Leth 1702–1754 · estate owner
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leth.
- Lesure 1,400 · U.S. census
- Leszczynski 1,319 · U.S. census
- Letang 303 · U.S. census
- Lete 119 · U.S. census
- Letellier 888 · U.S. census
- Letendre 1,815 · U.S. census
- Letizia 1,028 · U.S. census
- Letoile 244 · U.S. census
- Letourneau 4,818 · U.S. census
- Letscher 228 · U.S. census
- Lett 6,385 · U.S. census
- Letulle 140 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Leth is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.