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    The surname Lugo

    A surname, carried by 37,903 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Lugo: #913 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Lugo #913, 37,903 people Lugo: #913 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lugo #913, 37,903 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lugo is more common than 99.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 37,903 people named Lugo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,146 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,328.

    #913
    rank among US surnames
    37,903
    people in 2010
    13
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,092)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #904Costa38,2658,069
    #905Correa38,2328,076
    #906Blevins38,2298,076
    #907Nixon38,1478,094
    #908Clements38,0448,115
    #909Fry38,0298,119
    #910Delarosa37,9328,139

    Who is named Lugo

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

    91% of people named Lugo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Lugos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fernando Lugo
      47.° President of Paraguay, born 1951
    • Julio Lugo
      Baseball player, 1975–2021

    Notable Lugos come mostly from Paraguay (1) and the Dominican Republic (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lugo

    Lugo 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 Lugo?
    37,903 people in the United States had the surname Lugo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,146 Americans. It ranked 913th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lugo?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lugo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lugo?
    Fernando Lugo, 47.° President of Paraguay, followed by Julio Lugo.
    Where is the surname Lugo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lugo in Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.
    Is the surname Lugo getting more or less common?
    More common. 29,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,903 in 2010, up 29%.