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    The surname Lichtenberg

    A surname, carried by 1,360 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L235

    Lichtenberg: #19,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lichtenberg #19,782, 1,360 people Lichtenberg: #19,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lichtenberg #19,782, 1,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lichtenberg is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,360 people named Lichtenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,019 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.

    #19,782
    rank among US surnames
    1,360
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,090)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,774Niswonger1,361226,852
    #19,782Casagrande1,360227,019

    Who is named Lichtenberg

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

    94% of people named Lichtenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lichtenbergs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Byron K. Lichtenberg
      American astronaut and engineer, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lichtenberg

    Lichtenberg has the Soundex code L235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lichtenberg?
    1,360 people in the United States had the surname Lichtenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,019 Americans. It ranked 19,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lichtenberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lichtenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lichtenberg?
    Byron K. Lichtenberg, American astronaut and engineer.
    Where is the surname Lichtenberg most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lichtenberg in the United States.
    Is the surname Lichtenberg getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,360 in 2010, up 3.2%.