Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Lett

    A surname, carried by 6,385 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L300

    Lett: #5,451 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lett #5,451, 6,385 people Lett: #5,451 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lett #5,451, 6,385 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lett is more common than 96.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,385 people named Lett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,355 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,994.

    #5,451
    rank among US surnames
    6,385
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,351)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,448Carswell6,39048,317
    #5,449Ingersoll6,38848,332
    #5,450Hartnett6,38748,340
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355

    Who is named Lett

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

    51% of people named Lett identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Letts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Lett
      Argentine footballer (1885-1956)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lett

    Lett has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lett?
    6,385 people in the United States had the surname Lett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,355 Americans. It ranked 5,451st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lett?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Lett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lett?
    Carlos Lett, Argentine footballer (1885-1956).
    Where is the surname Lett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lett in Argentina.
    Is the surname Lett getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,385 in 2010, up 6.5%.