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    The surname Lona

    A surname, carried by 1,265 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L500

    Lona: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lona #20,852, 1,265 people Lona: #20,852 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lona #20,852, 1,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lona is more common than 87.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,265 people named Lona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,470.

    #20,852
    rank among US surnames
    1,265
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,613)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Lona

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

    78% of people named Lona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Lona

    Lona has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lona?
    1,265 people in the United States had the surname Lona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,068 Americans. It ranked 20,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lona?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Lona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lona getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,265 in 2010, down 14%.