How common is the surname Laskey?

2,555 people in the United States had the surname Laskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Laskey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Laskey

A surname, carried by 2,555 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laskey is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,555 people named Laskey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,316.

#12,192

rank among US surnames

2,555

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,311)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934

Who is named Laskey

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

89% of people named Laskey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laskey

Laskey 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 Laskey?: 2,555 people in the United States had the surname Laskey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,840 Americans. It ranked 12,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laskey?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Laskey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Laskey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,555 in 2010, up 10%.