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The surname Lakhani

A surname, carried by 2,193 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L250

Lakhani: #13,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lakhani #13,790, 2,193 people Lakhani: #13,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lakhani #13,790, 2,193 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lakhani is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,193 people named Lakhani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,470.

#13,790
rank among US surnames
2,193
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+49.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,613)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,781Pettengill2,195140,659
#13,786Schuessler2,194140,723
#13,790Cuddy2,193140,787
#13,795Wickstrom2,192140,851
#13,798Fassett2,191140,915

Who is named Lakhani

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

90% of people named Lakhani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% as two or more races and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
  • Two or more races 3.7%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lakhani

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lakhani?
2,193 people in the United States had the surname Lakhani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,787 Americans. It ranked 13,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lakhani?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lakhani identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Lakhani getting more or less common?
More common. 1,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,193 in 2010, up 49%.