How common is the surname Letts?

2,359 people in the United States had the surname Letts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. It ranked 13,010th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Letts?

Tracy Letts, American actor and screenwriter, followed by Barry Letts.

Where is the surname Letts most common?

Wikidata records people named Letts in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Letts getting more or less common?

More common. 2,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,359 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Letts

A surname, carried by 2,359 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Letts is more common than 92% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,359 people named Letts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,097.

#13,010

rank among US surnames

2,359

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,002	Jellison	2,361	130,769
#13,007	Urrea	2,360	130,824
#13,010	Stetler	2,359	130,880

Who is named Letts

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

88% of people named Letts identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lettss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tracy Letts
American actor and screenwriter, born 1965
Barry Letts
British actor, writer and director (1925-2009)

Notable Lettss come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Letts

Lotts

Letts has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

Questions

How common is the surname Letts?: 2,359 people in the United States had the surname Letts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,880 Americans. It ranked 13,010th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Letts?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Letts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Letts?: Tracy Letts, American actor and screenwriter, followed by Barry Letts.
Where is the surname Letts most common?: Wikidata records people named Letts in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Letts getting more or less common?: More common. 2,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,359 in 2010, up 13%.