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    The surname Lish

    A surname, carried by 1,493 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lish: #18,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lish #18,502, 1,493 people Lish: #18,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lish #18,502, 1,493 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lish is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,493 people named Lish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,419.

    #18,502
    rank among US surnames
    1,493
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,499Bouknight1,494206,657
    #18,502Meidinger1,493206,795
    #18,507In1,492206,934
    #18,511Frain1,491207,073

    Who is named Lish

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

    92% of people named Lish identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lish

    Lish 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 Lish?
    1,493 people in the United States had the surname Lish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. It ranked 18,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lish?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lish getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,493 in 2010, up 5.2%.