How common is the surname Limbaugh?

1,527 people in the United States had the surname Limbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,191 Americans. It ranked 18,218th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Limbaugh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Limbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Limbaugh?

Rush Limbaugh, American political commentator (1951–2021).

Where is the surname Limbaugh most common?

Wikidata records people named Limbaugh in the United States.

How do you pronounce Limbaugh?

Limbaugh is /ˈlɪmbɔː/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Limbaugh getting more or less common?

More common. 1,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,527 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Limbaugh

A surname, carried by 1,527 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪmbɔː/ 2 syllables Soundex L512

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Limbaugh is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,527 people named Limbaugh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,191 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,519.

#18,218

rank among US surnames

1,527

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,199)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,218	Corker	1,527	202,191
#18,227	Bise	1,526	202,323

Who is named Limbaugh

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

95% of people named Limbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Limbaughs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rush Limbaugh
American political commentator (1951–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Limbaugh

Linebaugh

Limbaugh has the Soundex code L512, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L512.

Questions

How common is the surname Limbaugh?: 1,527 people in the United States had the surname Limbaugh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,191 Americans. It ranked 18,218th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Limbaugh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Limbaugh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Limbaugh?: Rush Limbaugh, American political commentator (1951–2021).
Where is the surname Limbaugh most common?: Wikidata records people named Limbaugh in the United States.
How do you pronounce Limbaugh?: Limbaugh is /ˈlɪmbɔː/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Limbaugh getting more or less common?: More common. 1,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,527 in 2010, up 0.5%.