The LETT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	5,994	5351	0.002	22
United States (1880 census)	1,297	4376	0.003	26
Change since 1880	+4697	-975	-0.001	-4
Other Countries
Australia	137	10766	0.001	8
United Kingdom	520	8620	0.001	11

Top States for LETT by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	959	853	0.022	216
Florida	407	5287	0.003	25
Ohio	376	4016	0.003	33
Georgia	337	3001	0.004	41
California	330	8750	0.001	10
Top States for LETT by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alabama	959	853	0.022	216
Mississippi	207	2028	0.007	73
West Virginia	110	2320	0.006	61
Tennessee	301	2853	0.005	53
Missouri	242	3366	0.004	43

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LETT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LETT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LETT in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LETT by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LETT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Diminutive

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LETT in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	115	1.92
White (Hispanic)	87	1.45
Native American/Alaskan	25	0.42
Asian/Pacific	24	0.4
White (Caucasian)	3,158	52.69
Black/African American	2,585	43.13

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LETT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to LETT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LETT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.