How common is the surname Luby?

1,941 people in the United States had the surname Luby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,065 Americans. It ranked 15,178th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Luby?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Luby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Luby?

Edna Luby, American actress (1884-1928).

Where is the surname Luby most common?

Wikidata records people named Luby in the United States.

Is the surname Luby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,941 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Luby

A surname, carried by 1,941 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luby is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Lúbaigh, from lúbach (“cunning”). * As a Polish surname, from the adjective luby (“beloved, dear”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,941 people named Luby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,065 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,855.

#15,178

rank among US surnames

1,941

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,693)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,171	Ferman	1,942	158,983
#15,178	Llanas	1,941	159,065
#15,183	Stiver	1,940	159,147

Who is named Luby

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

91% of people named Luby identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lubys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edna Luby
American actress (1884-1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Luby

Laub

Luby has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

Where does the surname Luby come from?: * As an Irish surname, from Ó Lúbaigh, from lúbach (“cunning”). * As a Polish surname, from the adjective luby (“beloved, dear”).
How common is the surname Luby?: 1,941 people in the United States had the surname Luby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,065 Americans. It ranked 15,178th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luby?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Luby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Luby?: Edna Luby, American actress (1884-1928).
Where is the surname Luby most common?: Wikidata records people named Luby in the United States.
Is the surname Luby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,855 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,941 in 2010, up 4.6%.