The surname Limas
A surname, carried by 2,504 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex L520
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,504 people named Limas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,301 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,071.
#12,417
rank among US surnames
2,504
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+20.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,473)
Who is named Limas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Limas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Limas has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.
Questions
- How common is the surname Limas?
- 2,504 people in the United States had the surname Limas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,301 Americans. It ranked 12,417th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Limas?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Limas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Limas getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,504 in 2010, up 21%.