# Lund (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lund/  
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 | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,347 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,465 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,681 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (24,001 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /lʌnd/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”). * Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lund 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lund in the United States, the Kingdom of Denmark, Brazil and Finland.

## People named Lund

- Zoë Lund, American performer and writer (1962–1999)
- Deanna Lund, American actress (1937-2018)
- Lucille Lund, American film actress (1913–2002)
- John Lund, American film actor (1911–1992)
- Jordan Lund, American actor
- Zach Lund, American skeleton racer (born 1979)
- Marco Lund, association football player
- Kátia Lund, Brazilian film director and screenwriter
- Hans Lund, American poker player (1950-2009)
- Thomas Lund, badminton player
- Maria Lund, actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Land, Lind, Lundy, Lunt, Lunde, Lynd, Landa, Landau, Lent, Lindo, Lamothe, Linde.

## 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.