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    The surname Lichtenberger

    A surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex L235

    Lichtenberger: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lichtenberger #20,274, 1,312 people Lichtenberger: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lichtenberger #20,274, 1,312 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lichtenberger 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 1,312 people named Lichtenberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

    #20,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,312
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,144)

    Who is named Lichtenberger

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

    84% of people named Lichtenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lichtenbergers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eva Lichtenberger
      Austrian politician, born 1954

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lichtenberger

    Lichtenberger 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 Lichtenberger?
    1,312 people in the United States had the surname Lichtenberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lichtenberger?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Lichtenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lichtenberger?
    Eva Lichtenberger, Austrian politician.
    Where is the surname Lichtenberger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lichtenberger in Austria.
    Is the surname Lichtenberger getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, down 0.1%.