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    The surname Lies

    A surname, carried by 1,180 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lies: #21,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lies #21,986, 1,180 people Lies: #21,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lies #21,986, 1,180 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lies is more common than 86.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,180 people named Lies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,649 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,153.

    #21,986
    rank among US surnames
    1,180
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,209)

    Who is named Lies

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

    94% of people named Lies identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lies

    Lies has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lies?
    1,180 people in the United States had the surname Lies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,649 Americans. It ranked 21,986th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lies?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lies getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,180 in 2010, up 2.3%.