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    The surname Lyke

    A surname, carried by 1,545 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lyke: #18,054 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lyke #18,054, 1,545 people Lyke: #18,054 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lyke #18,054, 1,545 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lyke is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,545 people named Lyke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,835 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,504.

    #18,054
    rank among US surnames
    1,545
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,323)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,054Migliaccio1,545199,835
    #18,057Dubiel1,544199,965

    Who is named Lyke

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

    83% of people named Lyke identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lykes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Patterson Lyke
      American Roman Catholic archbishop (1939–1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lyke

    Lyke has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lyke?
    1,545 people in the United States had the surname Lyke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,835 Americans. It ranked 18,054th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lyke?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Lyke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lyke?
    James Patterson Lyke, American Roman Catholic archbishop (1939–1992).
    Where is the surname Lyke most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lyke in the United States.
    Is the surname Lyke getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,545 in 2010, up 2.7%.