The surname Ly
A Vietnamese surname, carried by 29,891 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex L000
Origin
Vietnamese origin
Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý. Doublet of Lee.
One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 29,891 people named Ly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,329 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,990.
Who is named Ly
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Ly identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ly
Ly has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.
Other Vietnamese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ly come from?
- Borrowed from Vietnamese Lý. Doublet of Lee.
- How common is the surname Ly?
- 29,891 people in the United States had the surname Ly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,329 Americans. It ranked 1,176th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ly?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ly identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Ly getting more or less common?
- More common. 22,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,891 in 2010, up 30%.