How common is the surname Lack?

2,661 people in the United States had the surname Lack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. It ranked 11,778th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lack?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lack getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,661 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Lack

A surname, carried by 2,661 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lack is more common than 92.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,661 people named Lack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,739.

#11,778

rank among US surnames

2,661

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,707)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,778	Crimmins	2,661	116,026
#11,781	Saha	2,660	116,070
#11,783	Robeson	2,659	116,113

Who is named Lack

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

91% of people named Lack identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lack

Lack 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 Lack?: 2,661 people in the United States had the surname Lack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,026 Americans. It ranked 11,778th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lack?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lack getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,661 in 2010, down 2.8%.