How common is the surname Likens?

2,242 people in the United States had the surname Likens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,710 Americans. It ranked 13,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Likens?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Likens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Likens?

Sylvia Likens, American torture and murder victim (1949–1965), followed by Gene E. Likens.

Where is the surname Likens most common?

Wikidata records people named Likens in the United States.

Is the surname Likens getting more or less common?

More common. 2,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,242 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Likens

A Dutch patronymic surname, carried by 2,242 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Likens is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Likens, a patronymic surname from Liedekin.

Likens is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,242 people named Likens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,710 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,069.

#13,531

rank among US surnames

2,242

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,483)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,525	Peralez	2,243	137,648
#13,531	Stringham	2,242	137,710
#13,536	Seiber	2,241	137,771

Who is named Likens

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

95% of people named Likens identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Likenss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sylvia Likens
American torture and murder victim (1949–1965)
Gene E. Likens
American ecologist, born 1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lykins

Surnames that sound like Likens

Likens has the Soundex code L252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L252.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Likens come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Likens, a patronymic surname from Liedekin.
How common is the surname Likens?: 2,242 people in the United States had the surname Likens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,710 Americans. It ranked 13,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Likens?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Likens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Likens?: Sylvia Likens, American torture and murder victim (1949–1965), followed by Gene E. Likens.
Where is the surname Likens most common?: Wikidata records people named Likens in the United States.
What type of surname is Likens?: Likens is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Likens getting more or less common?: More common. 2,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,242 in 2010, up 8.4%.
What are other spellings of Likens?: Lykins.