How common is the surname Lucky?

2,578 people in the United States had the surname Lucky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. It ranked 12,089th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lucky getting more or less common?

More common. 2,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,578 in 2010, up 7.5%.

Is Lucky also a first name?

Yes. Lucky 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 Lucky

A surname, carried by 2,578 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200 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). Lucky is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,578 people named Lucky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,398.

#12,089

rank among US surnames

2,578

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,953)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,082	Fujimoto	2,580	119,669
#12,083	Marple	2,579	119,715
#12,089	Huffer	2,578	119,762
#12,095	Sommerville	2,577	119,808

Who is named Lucky

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

44% of people named Lucky identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 44%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lucky

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lucky?: 2,578 people in the United States had the surname Lucky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,762 Americans. It ranked 12,089th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lucky?: In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Lucky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lucky getting more or less common?: More common. 2,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,578 in 2010, up 7.5%.
Is Lucky also a first name?: Yes. Lucky 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.