# Lacy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lacy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French, variant of Lacey

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,110 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,559 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,360 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (22,250 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lacy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lacy in the United States.

## People named Lacy

- Jake Lacy, American actor
- Preston Lacy, American stuntman and actor
- Venus Lacy, American basketball player (born 1967)
- Jerry Lacy, American actor
- Eddie Lacy, American football player (born 1990)
- Jennifer Lacy, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Jeff Lacy, American boxer
- Adele Lacy, actor (1910-1953)
- Suzanne Lacy, American artist (born 1945)
- Natasha Lacy, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Ed Lacy, American novelist and short story writer (1911–1968)

## Similar surnames

Lacey, Lucy, Lackey, Lakey, Lasky, Lack, Lach, Lacayo, Lauck, Lacks, Lacko, Lewis.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.