# Lanuza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lanuza/  
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 Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,065 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,750 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 289,902 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (749 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Lanuza, of toponymic origin (after a locality in Huesca).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lanuza 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) | 5.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 74% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 19% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lanuza in Spain.

## People named Lanuza

- Juan de Lanuza y Jiménez de Urrea

## Similar surnames

Lanza, Lainez, Lanz, Lang, Long, Lynch, Lyons, Lange, Lemus, Liang, Link, Leung.

## 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.