# Le (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/le/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 110,967 |
| US rank (2010) | 277 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,782 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (77,453 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Chinese surname: ** Mandarin form of the surname 樂 /乐, ** Mandarin form of the surname 勒, ** variant of Li, ** variant Romanization of the surname 呂 /吕 (lǚ), compare Lu. * As a Vietnamese surname, variant of Lê and Lệ.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Le in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 96% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Le in the United States, Vietnam and Hong Kong.

## People named Le

- Le Duc Anh, 4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019)
- Francesca Le, American pornographic actress and director
- Tuan Le, American poker player
- Betty Loh, actress (1937-1968)
- RiceGum, American YouTube personality and rapper (born 1996)

## Similar surnames

Lee, Leigh, Leahy, Lea, Leo, Lew, Lei, Ley, Lieu, Leu, Loew, Liew.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.