LEWIS is ranked as the 30th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 546,947.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 171.53 people named LEWIS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 81% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named LEWIS is
602,208, the rank is 26
and the proportion per 100k Americans named LEWIS is 189.03.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LEWIS is
61.0% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
33.8% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
2.0% Two or More Races,
and 1.1% 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 Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LEWIS is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LEWIS
The state with the most people named
LEWIS is
Texas where
50,818 people have this name.
District of Columbia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LEWIS, as
427.76 in every 100,000
Washingtonians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
District of Columbia 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
0 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
17,583
136.51
100.0%
Indiana
11,902
180.42
100.0%
Iowa
3,661
117.84
99.9%
Kansas
4,958
170.72
99.9%
Michigan
16,082
162.28
100.0%
Minnesota
4,628
84.8
100.0%
Missouri
9,101
303.95
99.9%
Nebraska
2,352
125.01
99.9%
North Dakota
555
75.03
99.5%
Ohio
22,506
194.12
100.0%
South Dakota
849
99.5
99.8%
Wisconsin
4,497
78.1
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name LEWIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,274
172.95
99.9%
Arizona
9,620
142.91
100.0%
California
49,974
128.79
100.0%
Colorado
8,070
150.68
100.0%
Hawaii
1,427
100.51
99.9%
Idaho
2,990
182.96
99.9%
Montana
1,506
147.14
99.9%
Nevada
4,100
144.4
99.9%
New Mexico
3,122
149.71
99.9%
Oregon
6,605
166.36
100.0%
Utah
5,524
187.7
99.9%
Washington
10,735
152.02
100.0%
Wyoming
1,007
172.4
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LEWIS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LEWIS as a last 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 James LEWIS.
1.96% of all the people named LEWIS
have this given name.
There are 9164 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name LEWIS