How common is the surname Lummis?

255 people in the United States had the surname Lummis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,210,767 Americans. It ranked 75,564th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lummis?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lummis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Lummis?

Cynthia Lummis, American politician (born 1954), followed by Dayton Lummis.

Where is the surname Lummis most common?

Wikidata records people named Lummis in the United States.

Is the surname Lummis getting more or less common?

Less common. 294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 255 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Lummis

A surname, carried by 255 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lummis is more common than 53.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Loomis.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 255 people named Lummis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,210,767 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 294.

#75,564

rank among US surnames

255

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-13.3%

change since 2000 (was #63,450)

Who is named Lummis

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

93% of people named Lummis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Two or more races 2.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lummiss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cynthia Lummis
American politician (born 1954)
Dayton Lummis
American actor (1903-1988)
Charles Fletcher Lummis
American historian, photographer, and activist (1859–1928)
Elizabeth F. Ellet
American writer, poet, translator (1818–1877)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lummis

Lummus

Lummis has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Questions

Where does the surname Lummis come from?: Variant of Loomis.
How common is the surname Lummis?: 255 people in the United States had the surname Lummis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,210,767 Americans. It ranked 75,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lummis?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lummis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Lummis?: Cynthia Lummis, American politician (born 1954), followed by Dayton Lummis.
Where is the surname Lummis most common?: Wikidata records people named Lummis in the United States.
Is the surname Lummis getting more or less common?: Less common. 294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 255 in 2010, down 13%.