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    The surname Lech

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,336 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lech: #20,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lech #20,029, 1,336 people Lech: #20,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lech #20,029, 1,336 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lech is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Lech.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,336 people named Lech in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,097 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,286.

    #20,029
    rank among US surnames
    1,336
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,445)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Lech

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

    94% of people named Lech identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lech

    Lech has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lech come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Lech.
    How common is the surname Lech?
    1,336 people in the United States had the surname Lech in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,097 Americans. It ranked 20,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lech?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lech identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lech getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,336 in 2010, up 3.9%.