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    The surname Lightcap

    A surname, carried by 1,324 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L232

    Lightcap: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lightcap #20,157, 1,324 people Lightcap: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lightcap #20,157, 1,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lightcap is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,324 people named Lightcap in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

    #20,157
    rank among US surnames
    1,324
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,196)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,149Cruze1,325233,016
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368

    Who is named Lightcap

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

    96% of people named Lightcap identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • 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 Lightcap

    Lightcap has the Soundex code L232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L232.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lightcap?
    1,324 people in the United States had the surname Lightcap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. It ranked 20,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lightcap?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lightcap identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lightcap getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,324 in 2010, up 1.2%.