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    The surname Lua

    A surname, carried by 3,624 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Lua: #9,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lua #9,023, 3,624 people Lua: #9,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lua #9,023, 3,624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lua is more common than 94.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,624 people named Lua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,195 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,497.

    #9,023
    rank among US surnames
    3,624
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +45.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,547)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,017Garwood3,62685,148
    #9,020Stonge3,62585,171
    #9,023Lua3,62485,195
    #9,025Partlow3,62385,218
    #9,026Batt3,62285,242
    #9,027Baptista3,62185,265
    #9,029Barthel3,62085,289

    Who is named Lua

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

    90% of people named Lua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lua

    Lua has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lua?
    3,624 people in the United States had the surname Lua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,195 Americans. It ranked 9,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lua?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lua identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Lua getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,497 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,624 in 2010, up 45%.