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    The surname Liberty

    A French surname, carried by 3,552 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L163 Also a first name

    Liberty: #9,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Liberty #9,184, 3,552 people Liberty: #9,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Liberty #9,184, 3,552 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liberty is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From liberty.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,552 people named Liberty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,922 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,394.

    #9,184
    rank among US surnames
    3,552
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,872)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,176Hawn3,55686,824
    #9,177Hearne3,55486,873
    #9,181Tasker3,55386,897
    #9,184Liberty3,55286,922
    #9,186Scalise3,55186,946
    #9,190Fetzer3,55086,971

    Who is named Liberty

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

    89% of people named Liberty identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Libertys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Liberty
      American film and television actor (1932-2000)
    • Marcus Liberty
      American basketball player (born 1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Liberty

    Liberty has the Soundex code L163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L163.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Liberty come from?
    From liberty.
    How common is the surname Liberty?
    3,552 people in the United States had the surname Liberty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,922 Americans. It ranked 9,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Liberty?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Liberty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Liberty?
    Richard Liberty, American film and television actor (1932-2000), followed by Marcus Liberty.
    Where is the surname Liberty most common?
    Wikidata records people named Liberty in the United States.
    Is the surname Liberty getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,552 in 2010, up 4.7%.
    Is Liberty also a first name?
    Yes. Liberty is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.