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    The surname Liske

    A German surname, carried by 645 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liske is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Liske, itself from Czech liška, Slovak líška, Polish liszka, Upper Sorbian lěsk, or Upper Sorbian lěska.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 645 people named Liske in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 673.

    #34,967
    rank among US surnames
    645
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,267)

    Who is named Liske

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

    97% of people named Liske identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Liskey

    Surnames that sound like Liske

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Liske come from?
    Borrowed from German Liske, itself from Czech liška, Slovak líška, Polish liszka, Upper Sorbian lěsk, or Upper Sorbian lěska.
    How common is the surname Liske?
    645 people in the United States had the surname Liske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. It ranked 34,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Liske?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Liske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Liske getting more or less common?
    Less common. 673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 645 in 2010, down 4.2%.
    What are other spellings of Liske?
    Liskey.