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    The surname Limon

    A Spanish surname, carried by 14,472 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L550

    Limon: #2,496 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Limon #2,496, 14,472 people Limon: #2,496 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Limon #2,496, 14,472 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Limon is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Limón. Doublet of Lemon.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,472 people named Limon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,334 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,760.

    #2,496
    rank among US surnames
    14,472
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,086)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,488Centeno14,51021,278
    #2,489Roark14,50921,280
    #2,490Hostetler14,50521,285
    #2,491Herrington14,49821,296
    #2,492Higginbotham14,48921,309
    #2,493Carnes14,48721,312
    #2,494Tobias14,48221,319

    Who is named Limon

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

    91% of people named Limon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Limons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ada Limón
      American writer, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Limon

    Limon has the Soundex code L550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L550.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Limon come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Limón. Doublet of Lemon.
    How common is the surname Limon?
    14,472 people in the United States had the surname Limon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,334 Americans. It ranked 2,496th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Limon?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Limon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Limon?
    Ada Limón, American writer.
    Where is the surname Limon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Limon in the United States.
    Is the surname Limon getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,472 in 2010, up 35%.