How rare is the last name Lightfoot?

8,214 people in the United States have the last name Lightfoot, about 1 in 36,389. It ranks #4,174 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

LIGHTFOOT

#4,174

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,214
About
1 in 36,389
This common or more
56.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,214 people with the last name Lightfoot, 57.1% reported their origin as White, 29.4% as Black and 7.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Lightfoot

2 other last names also have 8,214 people.

#4,174 Bergstrom · 8,214#4,174 Quevedo · 8,214

Either side of Lightfoot

#4,173 Klinger · 8,218#4,174 Bergstrom · 8,214#4,174 Quevedo · 8,214#4,177 Louie · 8,210

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lightfoot, most common first.

#87,624 Lightford · 228

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