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    The surname Lisk

    A surname, carried by 2,293 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lisk: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lisk #13,300, 2,293 people Lisk: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lisk #13,300, 2,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lisk is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,293 people named Lisk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,998.

    #13,300
    rank among US surnames
    2,293
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647
    #13,306Kennell2,292134,706

    Who is named Lisk

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

    94% of people named Lisk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lisk

    Lisk 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 Lisk?
    2,293 people in the United States had the surname Lisk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. It ranked 13,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lisk?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lisk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lisk getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,293 in 2010, up 15%.