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    The surname Lassiter

    A surname, carried by 13,066 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L236

    Lassiter: #2,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lassiter #2,760, 13,066 people Lassiter: #2,760 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lassiter #2,760, 13,066 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lassiter is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,066 people named Lassiter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,630 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,699.

    #2,760
    rank among US surnames
    13,066
    people in 2010
    4.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,751Padron13,11423,543
    #2,752Condon13,10923,552
    #2,754Wiles13,10523,559
    #2,755Garibay13,08823,590
    #2,756Santillan13,08123,603
    #2,758Westfall13,07923,606
    #2,759Willey13,06723,628

    Who is named Lassiter

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

    58% of people named Lassiter identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lassiters

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roy Lassiter
      American soccer player, born 1969
    • James Lassiter
      American film producer, born 1953

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Lassiter

    Lassiter has the Soundex code L236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lassiter?
    13,066 people in the United States had the surname Lassiter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,630 Americans. It ranked 2,760th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lassiter?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Lassiter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lassiter?
    Roy Lassiter, American soccer player, followed by James Lassiter.
    Where is the surname Lassiter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lassiter in the United States.
    Is the surname Lassiter getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,066 in 2010, up 2.9%.
    What are other spellings of Lassiter?
    Lasseter and Lassetter.