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    The surname Littell

    A surname, carried by 2,082 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈlɪt.l̩/ 2 syllables Soundex L340

    Littell: #14,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Littell #14,363, 2,082 people Littell: #14,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Littell #14,363, 2,082 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Littell is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    A variant of Little, from little (“small, not much, younger”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,082 people named Littell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,293 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,985.

    #14,363
    rank among US surnames
    2,082
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,356Maida2,084148,150
    #14,358Spatz2,083148,222
    #14,363Heinrichs2,082148,293
    #14,368Artman2,081148,364

    Who is named Littell

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

    94% of people named Littell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Littells

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jonathan Littell
      American-French writer, born 1967
    • Robert Littell
      American novelist, born 1935

    Notable Littells come mostly from France (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Littell

    Littell has the Soundex code L340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L340.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Littell come from?
    A variant of Little, from little (“small, not much, younger”).
    How common is the surname Littell?
    2,082 people in the United States had the surname Littell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,293 Americans. It ranked 14,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Littell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Littell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Littell?
    Jonathan Littell, American-French writer, followed by Robert Littell.
    Where is the surname Littell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Littell in France and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Littell?
    Littell is /ˈlɪt.l̩/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Littell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,082 in 2010, up 4.9%.