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    The surname Lie

    A surname, carried by 1,083 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L000

    Lie: #23,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lie #23,472, 1,083 people Lie: #23,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lie #23,472, 1,083 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lie is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Norwegian Lie.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,083 people named Lie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.

    #23,472
    rank among US surnames
    1,083
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31%
    change since 2000 (was #27,439)

    Who is named Lie

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

    72% of people named Lie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 72%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 6.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Lies

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Trygve Lie
      1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)
    • Lotte Lie
      Belgian-Norwegian biathlete, born 1995

    Notable Lies come mostly from Norway (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lie

    Lie has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lie come from?
    From Norwegian Lie.
    How common is the surname Lie?
    1,083 people in the United States had the surname Lie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lie?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Lie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lie?
    Trygve Lie, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968), followed by Lotte Lie.
    Where is the surname Lie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lie in Norway and Belgium.
    Is the surname Lie getting more or less common?
    More common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, up 31%.