Letts is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Letts
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

See Lett - A Livonian. One Let was a tenant in county of Gloucester before the Conquest. Domesday.

Form of Lett. A Livonian. One Let was a tenant in county of Gloucester before the Conquest. Domesday.

A variation of Late. Possibly a sobriquet given on account of want of punctuality. Its opposite, early, is also a surname, but that is otherwise accounted for, both in the body of this Dictionary, and in the Appendix.

How popular is Letts?

Letts is common in United States, England, Australia, Jamaica, Canada.

Letts is ranked 81402 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lettss grew by 12.49 per cent to 2359 since 2000 and ranked 13010 after elevating 323 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.22 89.75
Black 7.12 6.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.38
Others 1.7 1.34
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.62
Letts is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 5967 people have been found who wears Letts as their family name. Letts is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Letts:
13,195 United States2,921
4,878 England1,491
Countries with hundreds of Letts:
6,802 Australia486
831 Jamaica421
11,269 Canada353
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
46,403 South Africa88
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,667 New Zealand44
9,494 Scotland32
19,489 Peru30
9,528 Wales24
231,005 France17
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,084 Antigua and Barbuda9
86,878 Spain8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Laborer Nils Letts from Germany aboard the France from Liverpool. He is registered to be 34 years old when he arrived in United States on August 1, 1871. Robert Letts (21) Tourist, are other Letts that migrated to US.

Letts Namesakes

  • Winifred Mary Letts, English-born writer
  • Elizabeth Letts, American author
  • Thomas Letts, English stationer and printer
  • Barry Letts, English actor, television director
  • Don Letts, British film director, DJ and musician
  • Quentin Letts, English journalist and theatre critic, writing for 'The Daily Telegraph', 'Daily Mail'
  • Tracy Letts, American actor, playwright and screenwriter
  • Billie Letts, American novelist and educator
  • F. Dickinson Letts, three-term Republican U.S. Representative
  • Goff Letts, Majority Leader of the Northern Territory of Australia

Letts Namesakes

  • Winifred Mary Letts, English-born writer
  • Elizabeth Letts, American author
  • Thomas Letts, English stationer and printer
  • Barry Letts, English actor, television director
  • Don Letts, British film director, DJ and musician
  • Quentin Letts, English journalist and theatre critic, writing for 'The Daily Telegraph', 'Daily Mail'
  • Tracy Letts, American actor, playwright and screenwriter
  • Billie Letts, American novelist and educator
  • F. Dickinson Letts, three-term Republican U.S. Representative
  • Goff Letts, Majority Leader of the Northern Territory of Australia

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