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    The surname Lizano

    A Spanish surname, carried by 557 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L250

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lizano is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Lizano; this surname is predominantly found in Costa Rica.

    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 557 people named Lizano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 400.

    #39,486
    rank among US surnames
    557
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.2%
    change since 2000 (was #49,366)

    Who is named Lizano

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

    89% of people named Lizano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lizano

    Lizano 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 Lizano come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Lizano; this surname is predominantly found in Costa Rica.
    How common is the surname Lizano?
    557 people in the United States had the surname Lizano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 554,301 Americans. It ranked 39,486th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lizano?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lizano identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lizano getting more or less common?
    More common. 400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 557 in 2010, up 39%.