How common is the surname Luera?

2,941 people in the United States had the surname Luera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Luera getting more or less common?

More common. 2,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Luera

A place surname, carried by 2,941 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luera is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

From Spanish, from Asturian-Leonese Lluera, habitational and canonized name from Nues(tr)a Señora de Lluera ("Our lady of light"), ultimately from lluz (“light”).

Luera is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,941 people named Luera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,683.

#10,829

rank among US surnames

2,941

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,888)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,822	Sanon	2,943	104,908
#10,826	Barillas	2,942	104,944
#10,829	Nault	2,941	104,980
#10,834	Tullos	2,940	105,015
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087

Who is named Luera

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

91% of people named Luera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Luera

Luera has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Questions

Where does the surname Luera come from?: From Spanish, from Asturian-Leonese Lluera, habitational and canonized name from Nues(tr)a Señora de Lluera ("Our lady of light"), ultimately from lluz (“light”).
How common is the surname Luera?: 2,941 people in the United States had the surname Luera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,980 Americans. It ranked 10,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luera?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Luera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Luera?: Luera is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Luera getting more or less common?: More common. 2,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,941 in 2010, up 9.6%.