# Lumsden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lumsden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,563 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,156 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 120,463 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (2,476 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlʌmz.dən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The town in Newfoundland is named after Methodist minister James Lumsden (1854 - 1915).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lumsden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lumsden in the United Kingdom.

## People named Lumsden

- Herbert Lumsden, British Army general (1897-1945)

## Similar surnames

Langston, Langdon, Lemaster, Lemasters, Langton, Longstreet, Linscott, Lowenstein, Longstreth, Longtin, Lonsdale, Lansdown.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.