Surname Checker / Lewis
How Common Is the Last Name Lewis?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Lewis today
588,801
Ranked #29 of 162,254 published surnames · 180.28 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 531,781 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
58.23%
Black
34.84%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.56%
Hispanic
2.58%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.