Leach

leach English Alternative forms en Latch Leech Leetch Leitch Litch Lytch Etymology Two main origins: Occupational surname for a physician, from en ang lǣċe doctor, physician. Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from en ang læcc boggy stream (related to en gem-pro *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare en Leake). Pronunciation en /liːt͡ʃ/ Proper noun ~ es en Old English. en CDP co/Delaware County s/Oklahoma c/US. en unincorporated community co/Carroll County s/Tennessee c/US. en river co/Gloucestershire with a short stretch in co/Oxfordshire cc/England which joins the Thames at Lechlade the River Leach. 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 Anagrams en acehl Hecla chela en surnames from occupations