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    The surname Lewter

    A surname, carried by 1,318 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L360

    Lewter: #20,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lewter #20,216, 1,318 people Lewter: #20,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lewter #20,216, 1,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lewter is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,318 people named Lewter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,229.

    #20,216
    rank among US surnames
    1,318
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,167)

    Who is named Lewter

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

    69% of people named Lewter identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lewter

    Lewter has the Soundex code L360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lewter?
    1,318 people in the United States had the surname Lewter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. It ranked 20,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lewter?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Lewter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lewter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,318 in 2010, up 7.2%.