How common is the surname Lakes?

2,840 people in the United States had the surname Lakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,713 Americans. It ranked 11,152nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lakes getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,840 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Lakes

A surname, carried by 2,840 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lakes is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,840 people named Lakes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,713 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,842.

#11,152

rank among US surnames

2,840

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,389)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675
#11,152	Lakes	2,840	108,713
#11,153	Litz	2,839	108,752
#11,154	Heyman	2,838	108,790
#11,156	Ranieri	2,837	108,828
#11,158	Stirling	2,836	108,867
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905

Who is named Lakes

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

63% of people named Lakes identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lakes

Lakes has the Soundex code L220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L220.

Questions

How common is the surname Lakes?: 2,840 people in the United States had the surname Lakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,713 Americans. It ranked 11,152nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lakes?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Lakes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lakes getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,840 in 2010, down 0.1%.