How common is the surname Littles?

3,224 people in the United States had the surname Littles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. It ranked 9,998th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Littles?

Gene Littles, American basketball player and coach (1943-2021).

Where is the surname Littles most common?

Wikidata records people named Littles in the United States.

Is the surname Littles getting more or less common?

More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,224 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Littles

A surname, carried by 3,224 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L342

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Littles is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

As a separate surname, from Little + -s (“excrescent noise”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,224 people named Littles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,810.

#9,998

rank among US surnames

3,224

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+14.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,483)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,991	Leek	3,228	95,646
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824

Who is named Littles

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

73% of people named Littles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 73%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Littless

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gene Littles
American basketball player and coach (1943-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Littles

Littlejohn

Littles has the Soundex code L342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L342.

Questions

Where does the surname Littles come from?: As a separate surname, from Little + -s (“excrescent noise”).
How common is the surname Littles?: 3,224 people in the United States had the surname Littles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,765 Americans. It ranked 9,998th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Littles?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Littles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Littles?: Gene Littles, American basketball player and coach (1943-2021).
Where is the surname Littles most common?: Wikidata records people named Littles in the United States.
Is the surname Littles getting more or less common?: More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,224 in 2010, up 15%.