How common is the surname Lisi?

1,910 people in the United States had the surname Lisi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lisi?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lisi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lisi?

Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist, followed by Joe Lisi.

Where is the surname Lisi most common?

Wikidata records people named Lisi in the United States.

Is the surname Lisi getting more or less common?

More common. 1,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Lisi

An Italian surname, carried by 1,910 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lisi is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian and Sicilian Lisi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,910 people named Lisi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,850.

#15,355

rank among US surnames

1,910

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,724)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562
#15,355	Lisi	1,910	161,647
#15,363	Delany	1,909	161,732

Who is named Lisi

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

96% of people named Lisi identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lisis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antony Garrett Lisi
American theoretical physicist, born 1968
Joe Lisi
American actor, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lisi

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lisi come from?: Borrowed from Italian and Sicilian Lisi.
How common is the surname Lisi?: 1,910 people in the United States had the surname Lisi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lisi?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lisi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lisi?: Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist, followed by Joe Lisi.
Where is the surname Lisi most common?: Wikidata records people named Lisi in the United States.
Is the surname Lisi getting more or less common?: More common. 1,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 3.2%.