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    The surname Latch

    A surname, carried by 1,105 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L320

    Latch: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Latch #23,100, 1,105 people Latch: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Latch #23,100, 1,105 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Latch is more common than 85.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,105 people named Latch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 713.

    #23,100
    rank among US surnames
    1,105
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55%
    change since 2000 (was #30,831)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #23,096Lade1,106279,155
    #23,100Huckabay1,105279,408

    Who is named Latch

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

    90% of people named Latch identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Latch

    Latch has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Latch?
    1,105 people in the United States had the surname Latch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Latch?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Latch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Latch getting more or less common?
    More common. 713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, up 55%.