How common is the surname Lahti?

1,738 people in the United States had the surname Lahti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lahti?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lahti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lahti?

Christine Lahti, American actress and director (born 1950).

Where is the surname Lahti most common?

Wikidata records people named Lahti in the United States.

Is the surname Lahti getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,761 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Lahti

A Finnish surname, carried by 1,738 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lahti is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

Finnish origin

Borrowed from Finnish Lahti.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,738 people named Lahti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,761.

#16,525

rank among US surnames

1,738

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,519	Kin	1,739	177,542
#16,525	Carnegie	1,738	177,644
#16,534	Cluck	1,737	177,746

Who is named Lahti

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

94% of people named Lahti identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lahtis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christine Lahti
American actress and director (born 1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lahti

Lata

Lahti has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

Questions

Where does the surname Lahti come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Lahti.
How common is the surname Lahti?: 1,738 people in the United States had the surname Lahti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lahti?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lahti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lahti?: Christine Lahti, American actress and director (born 1950).
Where is the surname Lahti most common?: Wikidata records people named Lahti in the United States.
Is the surname Lahti getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,761 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, down 1.3%.