How common is the last name Light?

16,231 people in the United States have the last name Light, about 1 in 18,415. It ranks #2,180 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LIGHT

#2,180

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,231
About
1 in 18,415
This common or more
48.8%
Who bears it

Of the 16,231 people with the last name Light, 87.7% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as two or more races and 3.3% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Light

#2,178 Ulrich · 16,235#2,179 Stallings · 16,232#2,181 Benedict · 16,229#2,182 Whitt · 16,228

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Light, most common first.

#11,692 Licht · 2,564#22,107 Lighty · 1,197

Also a first name

As a first name, Light ranks #35,884 of 53,615, with 223 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 34 births. See Light as a first name

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