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    The surname Lemons

    A surname, carried by 12,322 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L552

    Lemons: #2,910 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lemons #2,910, 12,322 people Lemons: #2,910 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lemons #2,910, 12,322 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemons is more common than 98.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,322 people named Lemons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,056 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,013.

    #2,910
    rank among US surnames
    12,322
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,756)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,901Sisk12,36524,969
    #2,902Rockwell12,36024,979
    #2,903Ferraro12,35524,990
    #2,904Still12,35424,992
    #2,905Casper12,35124,998
    #2,906Cintron12,34925,002
    #2,907Overstreet12,34225,016

    Who is named Lemons

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

    71% of people named Lemons identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lemons

    Lemons has the Soundex code L552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L552.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lemons?
    12,322 people in the United States had the surname Lemons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,056 Americans. It ranked 2,910th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lemons?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Lemons identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lemons getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,322 in 2010, up 2.6%.