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    The surname Lizama

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,960 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L250

    Lizama: #10,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lizama #10,777, 2,960 people Lizama: #10,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lizama #10,777, 2,960 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lizama is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Lizama, itself from Basque.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,960 people named Lizama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,306 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,982.

    #10,777
    rank among US surnames
    2,960
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,971)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,769Collinsworth2,962104,235
    #10,772Baranowski2,961104,271
    #10,777Petrosky2,960104,306
    #10,779Collin2,959104,341
    #10,782Lama2,958104,376

    Who is named Lizama

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

    78% of people named Lizama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lizama

    Lizama has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lizama come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Lizama, itself from Basque.
    How common is the surname Lizama?
    2,960 people in the United States had the surname Lizama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,306 Americans. It ranked 10,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lizama?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lizama identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Lizama getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,960 in 2010, up 49%.