How common is the last name Lindsay?

32,075 people in the United States have the last name Lindsay, about 1 in 9,319. It ranks #1,073 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LINDSAY

#1,073

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,075
About
1 in 9,319
This common or more
40.5%
Who bears it

Of the 32,075 people with the last name Lindsay, 69.1% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lindsay

#1,071 Ferrell · 32,159#1,072 Law · 32,116#1,074 Bright · 32,068#1,074 Kidd · 32,068

Spelled almost the same

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

#548 Lindsey · 60,657#10,888 Lindsley · 2,795#98,894 Lindzy · 196#110,517 Lindsly · 170#137,553 Lindaas · 126

Also a first name

As a first name, Lindsay ranks #462 of 53,615, with 122,638 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1983, with 8,713 births. See Lindsay as a first name

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