How common is the surname Luiz?

1,581 people in the United States had the surname Luiz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,285 Americans. It ranked 17,726th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Luiz?

In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Luiz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Luiz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,581 in 2010, up 6.1%.

Is Luiz also a first name?

Yes. Luiz 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 Luiz

A surname, carried by 1,581 people in the United States.

1 syllable 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). Luiz is more common than 89.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,581 people named Luiz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,285 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,490.

#17,726

rank among US surnames

1,581

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,449)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,717	Brodersen	1,583	195,038
#17,720	Dopp	1,582	195,162
#17,726	Fader	1,581	195,285
#17,734	Dorsch	1,580	195,409

Who is named Luiz

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

63% of people named Luiz identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
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 Luiz

Luiz 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 Luiz?: 1,581 people in the United States had the surname Luiz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,285 Americans. It ranked 17,726th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luiz?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Luiz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Luiz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,581 in 2010, up 6.1%.
Is Luiz also a first name?: Yes. Luiz 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.