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    The surname Luciani

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,518 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L250

    Luciani: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Luciani #18,286, 1,518 people Luciani: #18,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luciani #18,286, 1,518 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luciani is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Luciani.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,518 people named Luciani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,481.

    #18,286
    rank among US surnames
    1,518
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,278Merlin1,519203,256
    #18,286Langlais1,518203,390

    Who is named Luciani

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

    90% of people named Luciani identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Luciani

    Luciani has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luciani come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Luciani.
    How common is the surname Luciani?
    1,518 people in the United States had the surname Luciani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,390 Americans. It ranked 18,286th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luciani?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Luciani identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Luciani getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,518 in 2010, up 2.5%.