How common is the surname Lucey?

2,829 people in the United States had the surname Lucey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lucey?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lucey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lucey?

Patrick Lucey, American politician (1918–2014).

Where is the surname Lucey most common?

Wikidata records people named Lucey in the United States.

Is the surname Lucey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Lucey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,829 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lucey is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luasaigh, an altered form of Mac Cluasaigh (“son of Cluasach”), a nickname derived from cluas (“ear”).

Lucey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,829 people named Lucey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,715.

#11,179

rank among US surnames

2,829

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213

Who is named Lucey

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

93% of people named Lucey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Luceys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick Lucey
American politician (1918–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Lucid

Surnames that sound like Lucey

Lucey has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lucey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luasaigh, an altered form of Mac Cluasaigh (“son of Cluasach”), a nickname derived from cluas (“ear”).
How common is the surname Lucey?: 2,829 people in the United States had the surname Lucey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lucey?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lucey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lucey?: Patrick Lucey, American politician (1918–2014).
Where is the surname Lucey most common?: Wikidata records people named Lucey in the United States.
What type of surname is Lucey?: Lucey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lucey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Lucey?: Lucid.