How common is the surname Lacks?

1,082 people in the United States had the surname Lacks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lacks?

Henrietta Lacks, American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920–1951).

Where is the surname Lacks most common?

Wikidata records people named Lacks in the United States.

Is the surname Lacks getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Lacks

A surname, carried by 1,082 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). Lacks is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,082 people named Lacks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,092.

#23,485

rank among US surnames

1,082

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,098)

Who is named Lacks

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

72% of people named Lacks identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lackss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920–1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lacks

Lacks 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 Lacks?: 1,082 people in the United States had the surname Lacks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lacks?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Lacks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lacks?: Henrietta Lacks, American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920–1951).
Where is the surname Lacks most common?: Wikidata records people named Lacks in the United States.
Is the surname Lacks getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 0.9%.