Last Name LITTLE

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Meaning	Nickname: The little.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	266 (2000 US census)	226 (1990 US census)

Count	102,718 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

72.28%, or 74245 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.39%, or 24026 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 370 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.2%, or 1233 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.52%, or 1561 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.25%, or 1284 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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