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    Surnames beginning with L

    1,482 surnames starting with L, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.

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    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 López Spanish, patronymic 12 874,523
    2 Lee English, place 21 693,023
    3 Lewis Norman, patronymic 29 531,781
    4 Long nickname 97 229,374
    5 Lane place 216 134,227
    6 Lawrence patronymic 232 129,699
    7 Larson English, patronymic 247 122,587
    8 Lawson patronymic 256 119,053
    9 Lynch Irish, patronymic 259 117,708
    10 Li Chinese 273 111,786
    11 Le 277 110,967
    12 Lucas Greek, patronymic 286 107,690
    13 Little patronymic 291 105,936
    14 Luna 298 104,518
    15 Lambert patronymic 329 93,678
    16 Lowe German 334 92,260
    17 Leonard German, patronymic 338 91,475
    18 Leon Latin 363 86,363
    19 Lyons 369 84,516
    20 Love 385 82,873
    21 Lara Russian 381 83,067
    22 Lin 402 79,508
    23 Liu Chinese 411 78,370
    24 Logan Scottish Gaelic, place 492 67,909
    25 Lloyd Welsh, nickname 522 64,202
    26 Lindsey place 529 63,760
    27 Lang nickname 545 61,529
    28 Lamb English, nickname 561 59,913
    29 Lozano Spanish 577 57,779
    30 Larsen Norwegian, patronymic 606 55,960
    31 Lam Chinese 611 55,554
    32 Lester place 768 44,784
    33 Leach English, occupational 772 44,581
    34 Lowery 799 43,278
    35 Livingston English 821 42,103
    36 Leblanc French 815 42,575
    37 Lucero Spanish 865 39,986
    38 Landry French 884 39,391
    39 Lynn Welsh, place 924 37,644
    40 Levy Hebrew 932 37,228
    41 Lugo 913 37,903
    42 Lim Korean 936 37,021
    43 Leal 969 35,958
    44 Lu Chinese 978 35,628
    45 Lindsay place 1,052 33,255
    46 Levine Hebrew 1,032 33,637
    47 Lake 1,091 32,104
    48 Law patronymic 1,089 32,122
    49 Lehman 1,086 32,180
    50 Lutz German 1,092 32,050
    51 Lancaster place 1,080 32,362
    52 Lange German 1,132 30,984
    53 Ly Vietnamese 1,176 29,891
    54 Lau Chinese 1,187 29,792
    55 Lyon English, nickname 1,271 27,690
    56 Lockhart 1,261 27,883
    57 Locke Norse, place 1,272 27,643
    58 Langley English, place 1,289 27,252
    59 Lemus 1,297 27,079
    60 Lott 1,350 26,174
    61 Leyva Spanish 1,351 26,153
    62 Leslie Scottish Gaelic, place 1,417 25,078
    63 Lowry patronymic 1,428 24,895
    64 Lund Norse 1,465 24,347
    65 Liang Chinese 1,480 24,140
    66 Louis 1,510 23,738
    67 Larkin 1,521 23,578
    68 Lord English, nickname 1,535 23,405
    69 Lacy French 1,559 23,110
    70 Ludwig 1,600 22,380
    71 Lilly patronymic 1,580 22,662
    72 Link 1,627 22,137
    73 Lujan Spanish 1,637 22,021
    74 Lima 1,882 19,109
    75 Latham Norse, place 1,693 21,277
    76 Lanier 1,712 20,997
    77 Lovell Norman, nickname 1,700 21,171
    78 Land 1,704 21,116
    79 Leung Chinese 1,747 20,496
    80 Ledesma Spanish 1,768 20,311
    81 Lockwood English, place 1,806 19,865
    82 Levin Hebrew 1,876 19,144
    83 Langston English, place 1,816 19,742
    84 Locklear 1,819 19,716
    85 Linares Spanish 1,820 19,688
    86 Lovett Norman, nickname 1,842 19,471
    87 Layton 1,836 19,504
    88 Lopes 1,976 18,310
    89 Ledbetter 1,847 19,417
    90 Langford English, place 1,870 19,208
    91 Landers 1,876 19,144
    92 Landis 1,912 18,826
    93 Lai Chinese 1,873 19,157
    94 Lacey French, place 1,930 18,691
    95 Luke Greek, patronymic 1,961 18,425
    96 Laird 1,929 18,696
    97 Ledford 1,946 18,532
    98 Lay 1,957 18,468
    99 Lackey 1,996 18,082
    100 Lorenzo Italian 2,024 17,825
    101 Longoria 2,025 17,818
    102 Lo Chinese 2,036 17,687
    103 London place 2,249 16,195
    104 Lunsford 2,137 16,962
    105 Lincoln Latin 2,209 16,477
    106 Light 2,164 16,769
    107 Ladd 2,256 16,112
    108 Laughlin 2,232 16,323
    109 Lyles 2,265 16,062
    110 Lind 2,416 14,990
    111 Lombardo Latin, place 2,336 15,598
    112 Leone 2,372 15,364
    113 Luu Vietnamese 2,324 15,702
    114 Leary Irish, patronymic 2,351 15,505
    115 Lemon 2,393 15,140
    116 Lentz 2,396 15,126
    117 Lundy 2,439 14,850
    118 Lorenz German 2,483 14,528
    119 Loomis 2,485 14,518
    120 Lira Spanish 2,447 14,758
    121 Lawler Irish, patronymic 2,516 14,387
    122 Lombardi Italian 2,545 14,227
    123 Laws 2,486 14,511
    124 Linton English, place 2,524 14,354
    125 Limon Spanish 2,496 14,472
    126 Luong Vietnamese 2,499 14,464
    127 Lofton Norse, place 2,590 13,900
    128 Lockett English, patronymic 2,555 14,140
    129 Linder 2,607 13,830
    130 Lawton English 2,630 13,713
    131 Luther German 2,589 13,906
    132 Lovelace English, nickname 2,613 13,787
    133 Loyd 2,662 13,547
    134 Leavitt 2,743 13,133
    135 Layne place 2,697 13,367
    136 Lyle French, place 2,731 13,192
    137 Lance patronymic 2,747 13,122
    138 Loera 2,726 13,218
    139 Lassiter 2,760 13,066
    140 Lipscomb 2,788 12,948
    141 Leggett 2,777 12,977
    142 Lytle English 2,781 12,970
    143 Lusk 2,803 12,847
    144 Looney Irish, patronymic 2,795 12,910
    145 Longo 2,864 12,594
    146 Linn 2,876 12,508
    147 Lazo 2,850 12,640
    148 Lerma Spanish 2,852 12,639
    149 Low Norman 2,979 12,032
    150 Lemons 2,910 12,322
    151 Lantz 2,949 12,169
    152 Lomeli 2,922 12,263
    153 Loya 2,931 12,232
    154 Larue French 3,047 11,757
    155 Littlejohn 2,976 12,047
    156 Landrum 2,981 12,026
    157 Lamar French, place 3,057 11,733
    158 Lyman 3,079 11,664
    159 Lankford 3,028 11,834
    160 Lewandowski Polish 3,110 11,577
    161 Lenz 3,226 11,191
    162 Lauer 3,161 11,414
    163 Levesque French 3,146 11,490
    164 Lor 3,149 11,479
    165 Lindquist Swedish 3,189 11,337
    166 Lively 3,279 11,026
    167 Leigh English, place 3,499 10,213
    168 Leahy Irish, patronymic 3,280 11,014
    169 Llamas 3,275 11,028
    170 Lennon Irish, patronymic 3,343 10,720
    171 Landeros 3,295 10,934
    172 Laney 3,323 10,796
    173 Larios 3,299 10,887
    174 Libby patronymic 3,360 10,631
    175 Lindley English, place 3,482 10,260
    176 Lemke German 3,406 10,501
    177 Lafferty Irish 3,443 10,373
    178 Lindberg Swedish 3,516 10,149
    179 Liles 3,463 10,317
    180 Luciano 3,486 10,247
    181 Luo Chinese 3,564 10,005
    182 Leger 3,497 10,221
    183 Lanham 3,513 10,170
    184 Logsdon English, place 3,491 10,242
    185 Layman 3,556 10,038
    186 Littleton English, place 3,581 9,939
    187 Latimer 3,653 9,733
    188 Lomax place 3,627 9,789
    189 Luce Italian 3,672 9,704
    190 Lindstrom Swedish 3,641 9,754
    191 Lebron 3,606 9,843
    192 Lucio 3,631 9,780
    193 Littlefield 3,670 9,707
    194 Ledezma 3,659 9,721
    195 Loveless 3,718 9,533
    196 Luttrell French, occupational 3,687 9,632
    197 Legg nickname 3,674 9,671
    198 Landon English, place 3,844 9,211
    199 Lafleur French 3,755 9,430
    200 Lavoie French 3,765 9,408
    201 Lumpkin 3,805 9,307
    202 Lea English 3,863 9,180
    203 Ling 3,887 9,127
    204 Luis 3,827 9,255
    205 Lawless English, nickname 3,903 9,093
    206 Laster occupational 3,847 9,202
    207 Lazaro 3,922 9,061
    208 Loza Spanish 3,949 9,011
    209 Leong Chinese 3,902 9,094
    210 Lehmann 4,039 8,799
    211 Langdon English, place 4,041 8,794
    212 Lozada Spanish 3,969 8,959
    213 Loy 4,006 8,868
    214 Lapointe French 3,995 8,894
    215 Lightfoot nickname 4,109 8,634
    216 Lanning 4,078 8,711
    217 Lovejoy English 4,249 8,351
    218 Lister occupational 4,250 8,350
    219 Leighton English, place 4,222 8,399
    220 Lieberman 4,282 8,302
    221 Lemay French 4,182 8,471
    222 Louie 4,175 8,485
    223 Liao Chinese 4,177 8,482
    224 Loftus 4,347 8,166
    225 Lerner 4,625 7,672
    226 Logue Irish, occupational 4,255 8,328
    227 Leiva Spanish 4,335 8,193
    228 Lovato Italian 4,289 8,293
    229 Langer German 4,724 7,506
    230 Landa Spanish 4,298 8,267
    231 Leclair French 4,351 8,162
    232 Lum Chinese, place 4,406 8,060
    233 Leo 4,423 8,039
    234 Lathrop 4,408 8,057
    235 Lacroix French 4,436 8,003
    236 Lundberg Swedish 4,458 7,958
    237 Lilley English, place 4,557 7,780
    238 Leroy French 4,571 7,759
    239 Loper 4,467 7,950
    240 Lear 4,638 7,649
    241 Levi Hebrew 4,731 7,500
    242 Loredo 4,530 7,830
    243 Lemaster 4,513 7,858
    244 Luckett English, patronymic 4,547 7,790
    245 Lapp 4,568 7,761
    246 Lung 4,578 7,753
    247 Lavender 4,583 7,744
    248 Lemieux French 4,689 7,567
    249 Lindner German 4,765 7,428
    250 Linville 4,717 7,517
    251 Larose 4,697 7,552
    252 Lew 4,775 7,410
    253 Lei Chinese 4,726 7,504
    254 Lindgren 4,834 7,300
    255 Laporte French 4,711 7,528
    256 Langlois French 4,719 7,513
    257 Laplante 4,896 7,195
    258 Luster German 4,823 7,316
    259 Lavigne French 4,891 7,204
    260 Lamont 5,114 6,845
    261 Lowman 4,838 7,284
    262 Lundgren Swedish 4,894 7,198
    263 Loving 4,933 7,135
    264 Leake Norse, occupational 5,070 6,915
    265 Lock 5,058 6,936
    266 Lagunas 4,966 7,080
    267 Lora 5,001 7,030
    268 Lowell Norman 5,302 6,569
    269 Large 5,105 6,859
    270 Lundquist Swedish 5,110 6,853
    271 Lien 5,127 6,827
    272 Larosa Italian 5,140 6,808
    273 Loftin Swedish 5,191 6,739
    274 Loftis 5,162 6,777
    275 Lashley 5,230 6,669
    276 Laurent French 5,232 6,665
    277 Lash 5,206 6,712
    278 Lavin Latin, patronymic 5,224 6,679
    279 Linden 5,534 6,276
    280 Lohr 5,348 6,506
    281 La 5,242 6,655
    282 Ladner 5,322 6,551
    283 Leeper 5,281 6,593
    284 Lehr 5,328 6,537
    285 Leija 5,293 6,580
    286 Lizarraga Spanish 5,361 6,494
    287 Lefebvre French 5,454 6,381
    288 Laing 5,383 6,465
    289 Larkins 5,470 6,357
    290 Lett 5,451 6,385
    291 Lemmon 5,633 6,170
    292 Lemoine 5,484 6,343
    293 Luevano Spanish 5,502 6,324
    294 Labelle French 5,570 6,242
    295 Landaverde 5,489 6,336
    296 Latta 5,642 6,155
    297 Lazar French 5,689 6,093
    298 Ligon 5,654 6,140
    299 Lamm 5,680 6,105
    300 Ledoux French 5,725 6,058
    301 Lui Chinese 5,641 6,156
    302 Lockard 5,651 6,141
    303 Landau 6,137 5,582
    304 Lavelle 5,711 6,074
    305 Lombard 5,875 5,873
    306 Llewellyn Welsh, patronymic 5,807 5,955
    307 Lampkin 5,743 6,034
    308 Luck patronymic 5,765 6,008
    309 Leonardo 5,766 6,007
    310 Larry 5,817 5,942
    311 Lanza Italian 5,923 5,819
    312 Lux 5,940 5,796
    313 Lippert 5,942 5,794
    314 Lamas 6,100 5,621
    315 Loeffler German 5,935 5,801
    316 Lao 5,856 5,897
    317 Leos 5,861 5,888
    318 Loveland 5,968 5,766
    319 Lally French 5,931 5,808
    320 Lawlor Irish 6,001 5,729
    321 Levitt 6,311 5,407
    322 Lightner 6,029 5,701
    323 Lachance 5,988 5,744
    324 Lejeune French 6,172 5,544
    325 Leatherman occupational 6,033 5,696
    326 Lees 6,214 5,502
    327 Laguna 6,088 5,633
    328 Lefevre French, occupational 6,245 5,472
    329 Laroche 6,104 5,618
    330 Lowrey patronymic 6,117 5,607
    331 Laboy 6,130 5,590
    332 Luckey 6,288 5,434
    333 Lessard French 6,137 5,582
    334 Lenhart 6,242 5,476
    335 Lafrance 6,148 5,574
    336 Lowder 6,271 5,449
    337 Lawhorn 6,248 5,465
    338 Legrand French 6,306 5,413
    339 Levinson patronymic 6,579 5,147
    340 Lupo Italian 6,298 5,425
    341 Loucks 6,318 5,403
    342 Lemos 6,579 5,147
    343 Lampe 6,423 5,290
    344 Lander 6,535 5,186
    345 Leathers 6,457 5,259
    346 Leffler German 6,542 5,176
    347 Lechuga Spanish 6,500 5,221
    348 Leech occupational 6,640 5,099
    349 Lattimore Latin 6,664 5,068
    350 Littrell 6,626 5,111
    351 Loggins 6,630 5,109
    352 Leland Irish, occupational 6,921 4,848
    353 Ley 6,704 5,037
    354 Lalonde Norman 6,598 5,134
    355 Lobo 6,943 4,830
    356 Lewin Hebrew 6,653 5,088
    357 Lammers 6,674 5,061
    358 Lebeau French 6,801 4,958
    359 Leak 6,684 5,053
    360 Liddell English 6,874 4,892
    361 Loudermilk German 6,924 4,845
    362 Liston 6,877 4,888
    363 Langan Irish, patronymic 6,769 4,982
    364 Lavallée French 6,793 4,965
    365 Livengood 6,833 4,935
    366 Letourneau French 6,961 4,818
    367 Labonte French 7,109 4,706
    368 Lussier 6,999 4,786
    369 Lepore Italian 7,075 4,731
    370 Leininger 7,021 4,765
    371 Lindeman 7,038 4,757
    372 Lower 7,183 4,653
    373 Laureano 7,088 4,724
    374 Landin Galician 7,093 4,722
    375 Lubin 7,247 4,601
    376 Lozoya Spanish, place 7,057 4,743
    377 Ledet 7,086 4,725
    378 Lemley 7,162 4,670
    379 Levan 7,308 4,564
    380 Leopold 7,536 4,411
    381 Lodge 7,394 4,501
    382 Lewallen 7,135 4,686
    383 Luker English, occupational 7,210 4,629
    384 Landreth 7,298 4,568
    385 Lomas 7,167 4,667
    386 Lunn 7,189 4,650
    387 Leduc French 7,373 4,518
    388 Landes 7,550 4,404
    389 Lohman 7,257 4,592
    390 Liggett 7,348 4,535
    391 Lacombe French 7,363 4,524
    392 Larocca Italian 7,301 4,567
    393 Litton 7,308 4,564
    394 Lazarus Hebrew 7,541 4,410
    395 Lykins 7,328 4,552
    396 Lapierre French 7,406 4,494
    397 Leverett 7,359 4,527
    398 Leatherwood 7,488 4,449
    399 Lambright 7,467 4,463
    400 Looper 7,486 4,451