How common is the surname Lis?

2,361 people in the United States had the surname Lis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. It ranked 13,002nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lis?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lis getting more or less common?

More common. 2,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,361 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Lis

A surname, carried by 2,361 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

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

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,361 people named Lis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,321.

#13,002

rank among US surnames

2,361

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,288)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658
#12,999	Diggins	2,362	130,714
#13,002	Jellison	2,361	130,769
#13,007	Urrea	2,360	130,824
#13,010	Stetler	2,359	130,880

Who is named Lis

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

94% of people named Lis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lis

Lis has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

How common is the surname Lis?: 2,361 people in the United States had the surname Lis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. It ranked 13,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lis?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lis getting more or less common?: More common. 2,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,361 in 2010, up 1.7%.