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    The surname Lembo

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,467 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L510

    Lembo: #18,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lembo #18,724, 1,467 people Lembo: #18,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lembo #18,724, 1,467 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lembo is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Lembo.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,467 people named Lembo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,460 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,555.

    #18,724
    rank among US surnames
    1,467
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,891)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,715Larrea1,468210,317
    #18,724Clyne1,467210,460
    #18,729Woodmansee1,466210,604

    Who is named Lembo

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

    95% of people named Lembo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    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 Lembo

    Lembo has the Soundex code L510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L510.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lembo come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Lembo.
    How common is the surname Lembo?
    1,467 people in the United States had the surname Lembo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,460 Americans. It ranked 18,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lembo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lembo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lembo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,467 in 2010, down 5.7%.