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    The surname Liggett

    A surname, carried by 4,535 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L230

    Liggett: #7,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Liggett #7,348, 4,535 people Liggett: #7,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Liggett #7,348, 4,535 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liggett is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,535 people named Liggett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,081 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,327.

    #7,348
    rank among US surnames
    4,535
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,120)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,344Boldt4,53868,036
    #7,345Gendron4,53768,051
    #7,347Haygood4,53668,066
    #7,348Liggett4,53568,081

    Who is named Liggett

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

    91% of people named Liggett identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Liggetts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hunter Liggett
      American army officer (1857–1935)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Liggett

    Liggett 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 Liggett?
    4,535 people in the United States had the surname Liggett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,081 Americans. It ranked 7,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Liggett?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Liggett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Liggett?
    Hunter Liggett, American army officer (1857–1935).
    Where is the surname Liggett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Liggett in the United States.
    Is the surname Liggett getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,535 in 2010, up 4.8%.