How common is the surname Lujan?

22,021 people in the United States had the surname Lujan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,021 Americans. It ranked 1,637th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lujan?

Carolina Luján, Argentine chess player, followed by Manuel Lujan.

Where is the surname Lujan most common?

Wikidata records people named Lujan in Argentina and the United States.

Is the surname Lujan getting more or less common?

More common. 18,892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,021 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Lujan

A Spanish surname, carried by 22,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lujan is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,021 people named Lujan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,021 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,892.

#1,637

rank among US surnames

22,021

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+16.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,628	Blackmon	22,130	13,951
#1,629	Bunch	22,117	13,960
#1,630	Grimm	22,103	13,968
#1,631	Meade	22,091	13,976
#1,632	Silver	22,052	14,001
#1,633	Ojeda	22,045	14,005
#1,634	Geiger	22,039	14,009

Who is named Lujan

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

86% of people named Lujan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 86%
White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Lujans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carolina Luján
Argentine chess player, born 1985
Manuel Lujan
American politician (1928–2019)
Gonzalo Luján
Argentine footballer, born 2001

Notable Lujans come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lujan

Lujan has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lujan come from?: Lujan is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Lujan?: 22,021 people in the United States had the surname Lujan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,021 Americans. It ranked 1,637th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lujan?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lujan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lujan?: Carolina Luján, Argentine chess player, followed by Manuel Lujan.
Where is the surname Lujan most common?: Wikidata records people named Lujan in Argentina and the United States.
Is the surname Lujan getting more or less common?: More common. 18,892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,021 in 2010, up 17%.