# Lett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,451 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,355 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (5,994 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lett in Argentina.

## People named Lett

- Carlos Lett, Argentine footballer (1885-1956)

## Similar surnames

Lott, Leite, Leto, Leet, Lehto, Litt, Leath, Leith, Leeth, Lloyd, Ladd, Loyd.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.