LEWIS is ranked as the 452nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 128,229.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 40.22 people named LEWIS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 81% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LEWIS is 72,622.
The SSA data also shows that LEWIS is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEWIS is
77.9% White,
3.3% Hispanic origin,
15.4% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LEWIS have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEWIS is included in the following name categories:
Germanic surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
levitic surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Jewish surname
Scottish masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Norman surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEWIS
The state with the most people named
LEWIS is
California where
10,872 people have this name.
Virginia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEWIS, as
81.77 in every 100,000
Virginians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Virginia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LEWIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
3,474
26.97
99.0%
Indiana
2,687
40.73
98.6%
Iowa
859
27.64
97.9%
Kansas
1,153
39.71
97.2%
Michigan
4,064
41.01
99.4%
Minnesota
892
16.35
98.3%
Missouri
1,802
60.17
98.3%
Nebraska
440
23.4
94.9%
North Dakota
64
8.7
81.0%
Ohio
5,130
44.25
99.1%
South Dakota
239
27.98
90.4%
Wisconsin
882
15.32
98.1%
West States
State stats for the first name LEWIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
191
25.94
88.8%
Arizona
2,005
29.79
98.0%
California
10,872
28.02
99.5%
Colorado
1,560
29.13
98.0%
Hawaii
163
11.45
94.1%
Idaho
648
39.65
95.8%
Montana
306
29.89
92.7%
Nevada
880
31.01
97.1%
New Mexico
818
39.2
96.0%
Oregon
1,169
29.44
97.5%
Utah
886
30.11
96.8%
Washington
2,520
35.68
99.1%
Wyoming
270
46.29
92.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEWIS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEWIS as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LEWIS.
The most popular full name is LEWIS Smith.
1.10% of all the people named LEWIS
have this family name.
There are 10883 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name LEWIS