Leithead

See also: leithead

English

Etymology

From Leith +‎ head, from a farm at the head of the Water of Leith, near Edinburgh.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /liːθ(h)ɛd/

Proper noun

Leithead (plural Leitheads)

1. A Scottish habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leithead is the 60790^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 331 individuals. Leithead is most common among White (90.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leithead”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 419.