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    The surname Lacson

    A Tagalog surname, carried by 1,086 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L250

    Lacson: #23,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lacson #23,414, 1,086 people Lacson: #23,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lacson #23,414, 1,086 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lacson is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Tagalog origin

    Borrowed from Tagalog Lacson, ultimately derived from Hokkien 六孫 /六孙 (la̍k-sun).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,086 people named Lacson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,296 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 830.

    #23,414
    rank among US surnames
    1,086
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.8%
    change since 2000 (was #27,361)

    Who is named Lacson

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

    89% of people named Lacson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lacson

    Lacson has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lacson come from?
    Borrowed from Tagalog Lacson, ultimately derived from Hokkien 六孫 /六孙 (la̍k-sun).
    How common is the surname Lacson?
    1,086 people in the United States had the surname Lacson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,296 Americans. It ranked 23,414th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lacson?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lacson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lacson getting more or less common?
    More common. 830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,086 in 2010, up 31%.