The Lie surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,083 people carried this name — #23,472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 31% from 827 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Lie.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Wallis and Futuna.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
7,487 people named Lie are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Lie,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mons Lie d.y. 1803–1881 · politician -
Jonas Lie 1833–1908 · writer -
Thomasine Lie 1833–1907 · manager -
Ole Lie 1728–1804 · priest
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Mons Lie 1757–1827 · writer
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Johannes Johannesson Lie 1783–1867
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lie.
- Licht 2,665 · U.S. census
- Lichtenauer 161 · U.S. census
- Lichtenberger 1,312 · U.S. census
- Lichtenstein 2,456 · U.S. census
- Lichtle 121 · U.S. census
- Lidy 245 · U.S. census
- Lieb 3,207 · U.S. census
- Liebe 794 · U.S. census
- Liebenguth 101 · U.S. census
- Lieber 2,573 · U.S. census
- Liebermann 332 · U.S. census
- Liebert 1,249 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lie is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.