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    The surname Like

    A surname, carried by 1,187 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Like: #21,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Like #21,878, 1,187 people Like: #21,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Like #21,878, 1,187 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Like is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,187 people named Like in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,151.

    #21,878
    rank among US surnames
    1,187
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,244)

    Who is named Like

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

    81% of people named Like identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Like

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Like come from?
    From the Dutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.
    How common is the surname Like?
    1,187 people in the United States had the surname Like in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,106 Americans. It ranked 21,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Like?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Like identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Like getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,187 in 2010, up 3.1%.