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    The surname Laska

    A surname, carried by 1,451 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Laska: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laska #18,849, 1,451 people Laska: #18,849 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laska #18,849, 1,451 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laska is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,451 people named Laska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,363.

    #18,849
    rank among US surnames
    1,451
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,634)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,841Tabron1,452212,635
    #18,849Berber1,451212,781
    #18,858Zagorski1,450212,928

    Who is named Laska

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

    96% of people named Laska identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Laska

    Laska 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 Laska?
    1,451 people in the United States had the surname Laska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. It ranked 18,849th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laska?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Laska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Laska getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,451 in 2010, up 6.5%.