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    The surname Lakey

    A surname, carried by 4,025 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Lakey: #8,235 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lakey #8,235, 4,025 people Lakey: #8,235 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lakey #8,235, 4,025 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lakey is more common than 94.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,025 people named Lakey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,707 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,507.

    #8,235
    rank among US surnames
    4,025
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,631)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,226Bonin4,03476,536
    #8,227Canning4,03376,555
    #8,228Polito4,03276,574
    #8,229Colucci4,03176,593
    #8,230Dearman4,03076,612
    #8,231Larrabee4,02876,650
    #8,232Chery4,02776,669

    Who is named Lakey

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

    86% of people named Lakey identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lakey

    Lakey 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 Lakey?
    4,025 people in the United States had the surname Lakey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,707 Americans. It ranked 8,235th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lakey?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lakey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lakey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,025 in 2010, up 15%.