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    The surname Lesane

    A surname, carried by 1,210 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L250

    Lesane: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lesane #21,568, 1,210 people Lesane: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lesane #21,568, 1,210 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lesane is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,210 people named Lesane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 949.

    #21,568
    rank among US surnames
    1,210
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,663)

    Who is named Lesane

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

    93% of people named Lesane identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lesane

    Lesane has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lesane?
    1,210 people in the United States had the surname Lesane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. It ranked 21,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lesane?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lesane identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lesane getting more or less common?
    More common. 949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,210 in 2010, up 28%.