Frequency: (1073)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: variant spelling of Leake.
2. Dutch (de Leek): nickname for an uneducated or ignorant person, from Dutch leek ‘layman’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
