How common is the surname Linzy?

1,159 people in the United States had the surname Linzy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Linzy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, up 6.2%.

Is Linzy also a first name?

Yes. Linzy 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 Linzy

A surname, carried by 1,159 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linzy is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

Fanciful 20th-century respelling of Lindsey or Lindsay.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,159 people named Linzy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,091.

#22,246

rank among US surnames

1,159

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,116)

Who is named Linzy

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

54% of people named Linzy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 54%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Linzy

Linzy has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Questions

Where does the surname Linzy come from?: Fanciful 20th-century respelling of Lindsey or Lindsay.
How common is the surname Linzy?: 1,159 people in the United States had the surname Linzy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,390 Americans. It ranked 22,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Linzy?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Linzy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Linzy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,159 in 2010, up 6.2%.
Is Linzy also a first name?: Yes. Linzy 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.