Last Name LIGHT

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Meaning Nickname: The little, a variant of Lyte. It is quite possible that Light might refer to the light tread of the original bearer of the sobriquet.
Origin English, Jewish, French, South african

Rank 1,996 (2000 US census) 1,847 (1990 US census)
Count 16,671 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.89%, or 15486 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.14%, or 523 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.65%, or 108 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.76%, or 127 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.16%, or 193 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 232 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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