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    The surname Lasker

    A surname, carried by 1,084 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Lasker: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lasker #23,457, 1,084 people Lasker: #23,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lasker #23,457, 1,084 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lasker is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,084 people named Lasker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,034.

    #23,457
    rank among US surnames
    1,084
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,072)

    Who is named Lasker

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

    71% of people named Lasker identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Laskers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mary Lasker
      American health activist, art collector and founder of Lasker Awards (1900-1994)
    • Albert Lasker
      American businessman (1880–1952)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lasker

    Lasker has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lasker?
    1,084 people in the United States had the surname Lasker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,821 Americans. It ranked 23,457th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lasker?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Lasker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lasker?
    Mary Lasker, American health activist, art collector and founder of Lasker Awards (1900-1994), followed by Albert Lasker.
    Where is the surname Lasker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lasker in the United States.
    Is the surname Lasker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,084 in 2010, up 4.8%.