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    The surname Lyttle

    A surname, carried by 1,986 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈlɪtəl/ 2 syllables Soundex L340

    Lyttle: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lyttle #14,902, 1,986 people Lyttle: #14,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lyttle #14,902, 1,986 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lyttle is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Little, from little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”), from a regional prounciation.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,986 people named Lyttle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,929.

    #14,902
    rank among US surnames
    1,986
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,259)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,893Sweetman1,987155,383
    #14,902Enderle1,986155,461

    Who is named Lyttle

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

    64% of people named Lyttle identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lyttles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ruth Lyttle Satter
      American botanist, physiologist and mathematician (1923-1989)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lyttle

    Lyttle has the Soundex code L340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L340.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lyttle come from?
    Variant of Little, from little (“small, (ironic) big, not much, younger”), from a regional prounciation.
    How common is the surname Lyttle?
    1,986 people in the United States had the surname Lyttle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,461 Americans. It ranked 14,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lyttle?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Lyttle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lyttle?
    Ruth Lyttle Satter, American botanist, physiologist and mathematician (1923-1989).
    Where is the surname Lyttle most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lyttle in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Lyttle?
    Lyttle is /ˈlɪtəl/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Lyttle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,986 in 2010, up 3.0%.