How common is the surname Lounsbury?

2,536 people in the United States had the surname Lounsbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. It ranked 12,264th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lounsbury?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lounsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lounsbury?

Floyd Lounsbury, American mesoamericanist (1914–1998), followed by Ruth Ozeki.

Where is the surname Lounsbury most common?

Wikidata records people named Lounsbury in the United States.

Is the surname Lounsbury getting more or less common?

More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,536 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Lounsbury

A surname, carried by 2,536 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lounsbury is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,536 people named Lounsbury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,533.

#12,264

rank among US surnames

2,536

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,410)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,255	Cabe	2,538	121,649
#12,261	Starner	2,537	121,697
#12,264	Lounsbury	2,536	121,745
#12,269	Berggren	2,535	121,793

Who is named Lounsbury

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

95% of people named Lounsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lounsburys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Floyd Lounsbury
American mesoamericanist (1914–1998)
Ruth Ozeki
American writer, born 1956

Questions

How common is the surname Lounsbury?: 2,536 people in the United States had the surname Lounsbury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. It ranked 12,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lounsbury?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lounsbury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lounsbury?: Floyd Lounsbury, American mesoamericanist (1914–1998), followed by Ruth Ozeki.
Where is the surname Lounsbury most common?: Wikidata records people named Lounsbury in the United States.
Is the surname Lounsbury getting more or less common?: More common. 2,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,536 in 2010, up 0.1%.