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    The surname Liska

    A surname, carried by 2,679 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Liska: #11,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Liska #11,697, 2,679 people Liska: #11,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Liska #11,697, 2,679 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liska is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,679 people named Liska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,247 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,409.

    #11,697
    rank among US surnames
    2,679
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,898)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,688Rotondo2,681115,161
    #11,694Stpeter2,680115,204
    #11,697Vanek2,679115,247
    #11,704Maag2,678115,290

    Who is named Liska

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

    93% of people named Liska identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • 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 Liska

    Liska 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 Liska?
    2,679 people in the United States had the surname Liska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,247 Americans. It ranked 11,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Liska?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Liska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Liska getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,679 in 2010, up 11%.