How common is the last name Ly?

33,559 people in the United States have the last name Ly, about 1 in 8,907. It ranks #1,024 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LY

#1,024

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,559
About
1 in 8,907
This common or more
40%
Who bears it

Of the 33,559 people with the last name Ly, 92.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2% as two or more races and 2.2% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ly

#1,022 Dickson · 33,594#1,023 Mayo · 33,564#1,025 Hester · 33,543#1,026 Hendrix · 33,528

Spelled almost the same

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

#13,648 Lyu · 2,126#50,074 Lye · 452

Also a first name

As a first name, Ly ranks #4,164 of 53,615, with 4,610 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1984, with 32 births. See Ly as a first name

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