Explore the Family Name Lecy

The meaning of Lecy

Americanized form of Norwegian Lyse: habitational name from the farm name Lyse, mainly in Rogaland, derived from Old Norse ljóss ‘light’, referring to a river with light or clear water.

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How common is the last name Lecy in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Lecy has moderately decreased over a decade. In 2000, it was ranked as the 44,654th most common surname and by 2010, it had dropped to the 47,186th position, representing a 5.67% change. The incidence of this surname also fell slightly during this period, with 453 occurrences in 2000 dropping to 450 in 2010, marking a 0.66% decrease. This means that for every 100,000 people in the U.S., approximately 0.15 had the surname Lecy in 2010, down from 0.17 per 100,000 in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,654	#47,186	-5.67%
Count	453	450	-0.66%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lecy

Focusing on ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the Lecy surname is predominantly associated with individuals identifying as White, which increased slightly from 95.36% in 2000 to 96.22% in 2010. The percentage of those with this surname who identified as Black fell from 2.21% to 1.56% over the same period. There were also minor changes within other ethnicities. In 2000, 1.10% identified as Hispanic, but by 2010 there were no instances recorded. Similarly, a small number of individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010 whereas none did so in 2000. No individuals with this surname identified as being of two or more races or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.36%	96.22%	0.9%
Black	2.21%	1.56%	-29.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.11%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.1%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%