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    The surname Littman

    A surname, carried by 1,489 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L355

    Littman: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Littman #18,529, 1,489 people Littman: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Littman #18,529, 1,489 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Littman is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,489 people named Littman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,538.

    #18,529
    rank among US surnames
    1,489
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,523Gillaspie1,490207,212
    #18,529Spady1,489207,351

    Who is named Littman

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

    89% of people named Littman identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Littman

    Littman has the Soundex code L355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L355.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Littman?
    1,489 people in the United States had the surname Littman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. It ranked 18,529th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Littman?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Littman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Littman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,489 in 2010, down 3.2%.