How common is the surname Lasky?

3,554 people in the United States had the surname Lasky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,873 Americans. It ranked 9,177th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lasky?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lasky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lasky?

Jesse Louis Lasky, American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures (1880–1958), followed by Kathryn Lasky.

Where is the surname Lasky most common?

Wikidata records people named Lasky in the United States.

Is the surname Lasky getting more or less common?

More common. 3,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,554 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Lasky

A Polish surname, carried by 3,554 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). Lasky is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

Variant of Laski.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,554 people named Lasky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,873 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,449.

#9,177

rank among US surnames

3,554

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #8,764)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,174	Haugh	3,558	86,775
#9,175	Lowrance	3,557	86,799
#9,176	Hawn	3,556	86,824
#9,177	Hearne	3,554	86,873
#9,181	Tasker	3,553	86,897

Who is named Lasky

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

94% of people named Lasky identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laskys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jesse Louis Lasky
American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures (1880–1958)
Kathryn Lasky
American children's writer, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lasky

Lasky has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lasky come from?: Variant of Laski.
How common is the surname Lasky?: 3,554 people in the United States had the surname Lasky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,873 Americans. It ranked 9,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lasky?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lasky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lasky?: Jesse Louis Lasky, American film producer and co-founder of Paramount Pictures (1880–1958), followed by Kathryn Lasky.
Where is the surname Lasky most common?: Wikidata records people named Lasky in the United States.
Is the surname Lasky getting more or less common?: More common. 3,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,554 in 2010, up 3.0%.