How common is the surname Lilly?

22,662 people in the United States had the surname Lilly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,624 Americans. It ranked 1,580th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Lilly?

Lilly is /ˈlɪl.i/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lilly getting more or less common?

More common. 21,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,662 in 2010, up 4.2%.

Is Lilly also a first name?

Yes. Lilly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lilly

A patronymic surname, carried by 22,662 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪl.i/ 2 syllables Soundex L400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lilly is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name, based on the given name

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,662 people named Lilly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,624 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,742.

#1,580

rank among US surnames

22,662

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,571	Aleman	22,927	13,466
#1,572	Rodriquez	22,892	13,487
#1,573	Arrington	22,840	13,518
#1,574	Goins	22,837	13,520
#1,575	Whaley	22,833	13,522
#1,576	Esposito	22,789	13,548
#1,577	Neff	22,764	13,563

Who is named Lilly

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

77% of people named Lilly identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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 Lilly

Lilly 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 Lilly?: 22,662 people in the United States had the surname Lilly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,624 Americans. It ranked 1,580th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lilly?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Lilly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Lilly?: Lilly is /ˈlɪl.i/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Lilly?: Lilly is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lilly getting more or less common?: More common. 21,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,662 in 2010, up 4.2%.
Is Lilly also a first name?: Yes. Lilly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.