How common is the surname Last?

1,825 people in the United States had the surname Last in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,176 Americans. It ranked 15,922nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Last?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Last identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Last getting more or less common?

More common. 1,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,825 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Last

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 1,825 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Last is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster. * Also as an English surname, from the adjective last. * Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).

Last is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,825 people named Last in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,176 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,789.

#15,922

rank among US surnames

1,825

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #15,125)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,922	Hayter	1,825	169,176
#15,931	Murch	1,824	169,268

Who is named Last

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

93% of people named Last identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Last

Last has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Last come from?: Various origins: * English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster. * Also as an English surname, from the adjective last. * Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).
How common is the surname Last?: 1,825 people in the United States had the surname Last in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,176 Americans. It ranked 15,922nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Last?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Last identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Last?: Last is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Last getting more or less common?: More common. 1,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,825 in 2010, up 2.0%.