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    The surname Lanuza

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 1,065 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lanuza is more common than 85.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

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

    Lanuza is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,065 people named Lanuza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 749.

    #23,750
    rank among US surnames
    1,065
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.2%
    change since 2000 (was #29,662)

    Who is named Lanuza

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Lanuza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Lanuzas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juan de Lanuza y Jiménez de Urrea
      1564–1591

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lanuza

    Lanuza has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lanuza come from?
    From Spanish Lanuza, of toponymic origin (after a locality in Huesca).
    How common is the surname Lanuza?
    1,065 people in the United States had the surname Lanuza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 289,902 Americans. It ranked 23,750th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lanuza?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Lanuza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Lanuza?
    Juan de Lanuza y Jiménez de Urrea.
    Where is the surname Lanuza most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lanuza in Spain.
    What type of surname is Lanuza?
    Lanuza is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lanuza getting more or less common?
    More common. 749 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,065 in 2010, up 42%.