Last Name LY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Vietnamese, Cambodian, Senegalese, Burkinabe

Rank	1,421 (2000 US census)	2,102 (1990 US census)

Count	22,990 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

1.24%, or 285 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.8%, or 184 total occurrences, as black,
94.52%, or 21730 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.03%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.71%, or 623 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.69%, or 159 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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English surnames

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Ukrainian middle names

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