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    The surname Lacayo

    A surname, carried by 2,299 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L200

    Lacayo: #13,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lacayo #13,267, 2,299 people Lacayo: #13,267 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lacayo #13,267, 2,299 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lacayo is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,299 people named Lacayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,296 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,937.

    #13,267
    rank among US surnames
    2,299
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,212)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,259Hershman2,302134,121
    #13,263Franko2,301134,179
    #13,264Paull2,300134,237
    #13,267Norby2,299134,296
    #13,271Rodden2,298134,354

    Who is named Lacayo

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    89% of people named Lacayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lacayo

    Lacayo has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lacayo?
    2,299 people in the United States had the surname Lacayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,296 Americans. It ranked 13,267th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lacayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lacayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lacayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,299 in 2010, up 19%.