How common is the surname Lwin?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Lwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lwin getting more or less common?

More common. 418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 146%.

The surname Lwin

A Burmese surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lwin is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Burmese origin

Borrowing from Burmese လွင် (lwang).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,028 people named Lwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 146% since 2000, when the Census counted 418.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+145.9%

change since 2000 (was #47,654)

Who is named Lwin

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

95% of people named Lwin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lwin

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

Questions

Where does the surname Lwin come from?: Borrowing from Burmese လွင် (lwang).
How common is the surname Lwin?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Lwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lwin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lwin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lwin getting more or less common?: More common. 418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 146%.