# Lucena (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lucena/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,321 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,183 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 233,721 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (944 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /lʊˈsɛː.n̪ɐ/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Lucena.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lucena 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) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 67% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 16% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lucena in Argentina, Brazil and the United States.

## People named Lucena

- Elena Lucena, Argentine film actress (1914-2015)
- Wendell Lucena Ramalho, Brazilian footballer
- Nick Lucena, American volleyball player

## Similar surnames

Lucien, Luciano, Luken, Luciani, Lawson, Logan, Lozano, Lujan, Ligon, Lejeune, Laguna, Lakin.

## 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.