How common is the surname Lucien?

1,563 people in the United States had the surname Lucien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lucien getting more or less common?

More common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, up 35%.

Is Lucien also a first name?

Yes. Lucien is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lucien

A surname, carried by 1,563 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L250 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lucien is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,563 people named Lucien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.

#17,888

rank among US surnames

1,563

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+35.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,192)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,883	Towell	1,564	197,408
#17,888	Bergren	1,563	197,534
#17,896	Petras	1,562	197,660

Who is named Lucien

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

74% of people named Lucien identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 74%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lucien

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lucien?: 1,563 people in the United States had the surname Lucien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lucien?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Lucien identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lucien getting more or less common?: More common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, up 35%.
Is Lucien also a first name?: Yes. Lucien is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.