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The surname Lucus

A surname, carried by 1,184 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L220

Lucus: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lucus #21,926, 1,184 people Lucus: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lucus #21,926, 1,184 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lucus is more common than 86.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,184 people named Lucus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,236.

#21,926
rank among US surnames
1,184
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-4.2%
change since 2000 (was #20,072)

Who is named Lucus

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

69% of people named Lucus identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 69%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lucus

Lucus has the Soundex code L220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L220.

Questions

How common is the surname Lucus?
1,184 people in the United States had the surname Lucus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lucus?
In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Lucus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lucus getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, down 4.2%.