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    The surname Lue

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

    1 syllable Soundex L000

    Lue: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lue #21,926, 1,184 people Lue: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lue #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). Lue is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,184 people named Lue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 951.

    #21,926
    rank among US surnames
    1,184
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,615)

    Who is named Lue

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

    46% of people named Lue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 46%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 10%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Lues

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tyronn Lue
      American basketball player and coach, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lue

    Lue has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lue come from?
    From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.
    How common is the surname Lue?
    1,184 people in the United States had the surname Lue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lue?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Lue identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lue?
    Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach.
    Where is the surname Lue most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lue in the United States.
    Is the surname Lue getting more or less common?
    More common. 951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, up 25%.