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    The surname Lucero

    A Spanish surname, carried by 39,986 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L260

    Lucero: #865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Lucero #865, 39,986 people Lucero: #865 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lucero #865, 39,986 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lucero is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Lucero.

    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 39,986 people named Lucero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,721 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,922.

    #865
    rank among US surnames
    39,986
    people in 2010
    14
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.9%
    change since 2000 (was #945)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #856Valentine40,3957,643
    #857Raymond40,2757,666
    #858Medrano40,2617,669
    #859Hahn40,2507,671
    #860McMillan40,2377,673
    #861Small40,2127,678
    #862Bentley40,1937,682

    Who is named Lucero

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

    82% of people named Lucero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Luceros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adrián Lucero
      Argentine footballer, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lucero

    Lucero has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lucero come from?
    From Spanish Lucero.
    How common is the surname Lucero?
    39,986 people in the United States had the surname Lucero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,721 Americans. It ranked 865th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lucero?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Lucero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lucero?
    Adrián Lucero, Argentine footballer.
    Where is the surname Lucero most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lucero in Argentina.
    Is the surname Lucero getting more or less common?
    More common. 33,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 39,986 in 2010, up 18%.