How common is the surname Lile?

2,608 people in the United States had the surname Lile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,384 Americans. It ranked 11,977th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lile getting more or less common?

More common. 2,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,608 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Lile

A surname, carried by 2,608 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lile is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,608 people named Lile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,384 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,486.

#11,977

rank among US surnames

2,608

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,587)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248
#11,970	Tadeo	2,610	118,293
#11,971	Goodrum	2,609	118,339
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384
#11,982	McCay	2,607	118,429
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475

Who is named Lile

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

88% of people named Lile identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lile

Lile has the Soundex code L400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L400.

Questions

How common is the surname Lile?: 2,608 people in the United States had the surname Lile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,384 Americans. It ranked 11,977th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lile?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Lile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lile getting more or less common?: More common. 2,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,608 in 2010, up 4.9%.