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    The surname Litten

    A surname, carried by 1,655 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L350

    Litten: #17,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Litten #17,131, 1,655 people Litten: #17,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Litten #17,131, 1,655 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Litten is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,655 people named Litten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,553 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,523.

    #17,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,655
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,165)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,127Secord1,656186,441
    #17,131Luviano1,655186,553
    #17,135Godby1,654186,666

    Who is named Litten

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

    96% of people named Litten identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Litten

    Litten has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Litten?
    1,655 people in the United States had the surname Litten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,553 Americans. It ranked 17,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Litten?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Litten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Litten getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,655 in 2010, up 8.7%.