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    The surname Lichter

    A surname, carried by 1,297 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L236

    Lichter: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lichter #20,468, 1,297 people Lichter: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lichter #20,468, 1,297 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lichter is more common than 87.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,297 people named Lichter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

    #20,468
    rank among US surnames
    1,297
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,676)

    Who is named Lichter

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

    93% of people named Lichter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lichter

    Lichter has the Soundex code L236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lichter?
    1,297 people in the United States had the surname Lichter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lichter?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lichter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lichter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,297 in 2010, up 9.1%.