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    The surname Lathan

    A surname, carried by 3,575 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L350

    Lathan: #9,134 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lathan #9,134, 3,575 people Lathan: #9,134 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lathan #9,134, 3,575 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lathan is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,575 people named Lathan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,362 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,077.

    #9,134
    rank among US surnames
    3,575
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,684)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,125Hendren3,57886,290
    #9,129Waterhouse3,57786,314
    #9,132Valtierra3,57686,338
    #9,134Lathan3,57586,362
    #9,135McCusker3,57486,387
    #9,137Murtha3,57386,411
    #9,138Rupe3,57286,435

    Who is named Lathan

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

    54% of people named Lathan identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Lathans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sanaa Lathan
      American actress, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lathan

    Lathan has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lathan?
    3,575 people in the United States had the surname Lathan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,362 Americans. It ranked 9,134th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lathan?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Lathan identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lathan?
    Sanaa Lathan, American actress.
    Where is the surname Lathan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lathan in the United States.
    Is the surname Lathan getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,575 in 2010, up 16%.