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    The surname Lashley

    A surname, carried by 6,669 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L240

    Lashley: #5,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lashley #5,230, 6,669 people Lashley: #5,230 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lashley #5,230, 6,669 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lashley is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,669 people named Lashley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,296 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,254.

    #5,230
    rank among US surnames
    6,669
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,149)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,221Mackie6,68646,178
    #5,222Vanpelt6,68546,185
    #5,223Byars6,68346,199
    #5,224Dacosta6,67946,226
    #5,227Darr6,67746,240
    #5,228Dombrowski6,67646,247
    #5,229Marchese6,67046,289

    Who is named Lashley

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

    68% of people named Lashley identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lashleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bobby Lashley
      American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1976
    • Karl Lashley
      American psychologist (1890–1958)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lashley

    Lashley has the Soundex code L240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lashley?
    6,669 people in the United States had the surname Lashley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,296 Americans. It ranked 5,230th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lashley?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Lashley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lashley?
    Bobby Lashley, American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, followed by Karl Lashley.
    Where is the surname Lashley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lashley in the United States.
    Is the surname Lashley getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,669 in 2010, up 6.6%.