Explore the Family Name Lit

The meaning of Lit

1. Dutch: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with liud ‘people, tribe’. 2. Dutch (Van Lit): variant of Van Lith, a habitational name from the village of Lith near Oss in North Brabant. 3. Jewish: shortened form of some Ashkenazic surname such as Litman or Litwin. 4. Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 列, see Lie 4.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lit has seen a decline in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 83,965 but dropped to 96,799 in 2010, representing a decrease of 15.28%. Similarly, the number of people carrying this surname also fell from 208 to 188 during this period, marking a drop of 9.62%. This shift is further reflected in the proportion per 100,000 people, which decreased by 25% from 0.08 to 0.06.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#83,965	#96,799	-15.28%
Count	208	188	-9.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.06	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lit

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Lit also saw some changes from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased significantly from 23.08% to 30.32%, a change of 31.37%. On the contrary, there was a noticeable decline in the percentage of individuals identifying as White from 69.71% to 63.83%, representing an 8.43% decrease. While the percentage of those identifying with two or more races and Black ethnicity dropped to zero, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identity at 2.66%. There were no individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	69.71%	63.83%	-8.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	23.08%	30.32%	31.37%
Hispanic	0%	2.66%	0%
Two or More Races	2.4%	0%	0%
Black	2.88%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%