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    The surname Latson

    A surname, carried by 1,704 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L325

    Latson: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Latson #16,765, 1,704 people Latson: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Latson #16,765, 1,704 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Latson is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,704 people named Latson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,527.

    #16,765
    rank among US surnames
    1,704
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082
    #16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

    Who is named Latson

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

    69% of people named Latson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Latson

    Latson has the Soundex code L325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L325.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Latson?
    1,704 people in the United States had the surname Latson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. It ranked 16,765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Latson?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Latson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Latson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,704 in 2010, up 12%.