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    The surname Lucier

    A surname, carried by 2,897 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L260

    Lucier: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lucier #10,979, 2,897 people Lucier: #10,979 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lucier #10,979, 2,897 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lucier is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,897 people named Lucier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,819.

    #10,979
    rank among US surnames
    2,897
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,458)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,974Rabb2,899106,501
    #10,977Branstetter2,898106,537
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685

    Who is named Lucier

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

    92% of people named Lucier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Luciers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alvin Lucier
      American composer of experimental music and sound installations (1931–2021)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lucier

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lucier?
    2,897 people in the United States had the surname Lucier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,574 Americans. It ranked 10,979th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lucier?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lucier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lucier?
    Alvin Lucier, American composer of experimental music and sound installations (1931–2021).
    Where is the surname Lucier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lucier in the United States.
    Is the surname Lucier getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,897 in 2010, up 2.8%.