How common is the surname Lingerfelt?

2,363 people in the United States had the surname Lingerfelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. It ranked 12,994th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lingerfelt?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lingerfelt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lingerfelt getting more or less common?

More common. 2,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,363 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Lingerfelt

A surname, carried by 2,363 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lingerfelt is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,363 people named Lingerfelt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,285.

#12,994

rank among US surnames

2,363

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,458)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,986	Golub	2,364	130,603
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658
#12,999	Diggins	2,362	130,714
#13,002	Jellison	2,361	130,769

Who is named Lingerfelt

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

96% of people named Lingerfelt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lingerfelt

Lingerfelt has the Soundex code L526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L526.

Questions

How common is the surname Lingerfelt?: 2,363 people in the United States had the surname Lingerfelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,658 Americans. It ranked 12,994th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lingerfelt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lingerfelt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lingerfelt getting more or less common?: More common. 2,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,363 in 2010, up 3.4%.