How common is the surname Le?

110,967 people in the United States had the surname Le in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,782 Americans. It ranked 277th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Le?

Le Duc Anh, 4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019), followed by Francesca Le.

Where is the surname Le most common?

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

Is the surname Le getting more or less common?

More common. 77,453 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 110,967 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Le

A surname, carried by 110,967 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Le is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 110,967 people named Le in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,782 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 77,453.

#277

rank among US surnames

110,967

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+43.3%

change since 2000 (was #368)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#268	Gilbert	114,940	2,686
#269	Dean	114,030	2,708
#270	Sims	113,374	2,723
#271	Espinoza	112,154	2,753
#272	Howell	112,041	2,756
#273	Li	111,786	2,762
#274	Wong	111,371	2,772

Who is named Le

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

96% of people named Le identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Les

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Le Duc Anh
4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019)
Francesca Le
American pornographic actress and director, born 1970
Tuan Le
American poker player, born 1978
Betty Loh
Actress (1937-1968)
RiceGum
American YouTube personality and rapper (born 1996)

Notable Les come mostly from the United States (3), Vietnam (1) and Hong Kong (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Le

Le has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

Questions

Where does the surname Le come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Le?: 110,967 people in the United States had the surname Le in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,782 Americans. It ranked 277th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Le?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Le identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Le?: Le Duc Anh, 4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019), followed by Francesca Le.
Where is the surname Le most common?: Wikidata records people named Le in the United States, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Is the surname Le getting more or less common?: More common. 77,453 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 110,967 in 2010, up 43%.