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    The surname Lichty

    A surname, carried by 1,546 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L230

    Lichty: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lichty #18,043, 1,546 people Lichty: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lichty #18,043, 1,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lichty is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,546 people named Lichty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,605.

    #18,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,546
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,489)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Lichty

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

    95% of people named Lichty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Lichty

    Lichty has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lichty?
    1,546 people in the United States had the surname Lichty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. It ranked 18,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lichty?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lichty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lichty getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,546 in 2010, down 3.7%.