How common is the surname Liechty?

1,435 people in the United States had the surname Liechty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. It ranked 18,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Liechty?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Liechty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Liechty getting more or less common?

More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,435 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Liechty

A surname, carried by 1,435 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liechty is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,435 people named Liechty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

#18,994

rank among US surnames

1,435

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,515)

Who is named Liechty

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

97% of people named Liechty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Liechty

Liechty 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 Liechty?: 1,435 people in the United States had the surname Liechty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,154 Americans. It ranked 18,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Liechty?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Liechty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Liechty getting more or less common?: More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,435 in 2010, up 12%.