How common is the surname Lund?

24,347 people in the United States had the surname Lund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,681 Americans. It ranked 1,465th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lund?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lund?

Zoë Lund, American performer and writer (1962–1999), followed by Deanna Lund.

Where is the surname Lund most common?

Wikidata records people named Lund in the United States, the Kingdom of Denmark and Brazil and 1 other country.

Is the surname Lund getting more or less common?

More common. 24,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,347 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Lund

A Norse surname, carried by 24,347 people in the United States.

Pronounced /lʌnd/ 1 syllable Soundex L530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lund is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* 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”).

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,347 people named Lund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,681 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,001.

#1,465

rank among US surnames

24,347

people in 2010

8.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,354)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,456	Teague	24,514	12,595
#1,457	Gunter	24,513	12,595
#1,458	Burrell	24,504	12,600
#1,459	Funk	24,419	12,644
#1,460	Crowder	24,396	12,656
#1,461	Schulz	24,385	12,661
#1,462	Sanderson	24,384	12,662

Who is named Lund

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

93% of people named Lund identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lunds

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1957
Zach Lund
American skeleton racer (born 1979)
Marco Lund
Association football player, born 1996
Kátia Lund
Brazilian film director and screenwriter, born 1966
Hans Lund
American poker player (1950-2009)
Thomas Lund
Badminton player, born 1968
Maria Lund
Actress and singer, born 1983

Notable Lunds come mostly from the United States (7), the Kingdom of Denmark (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lund

Lund has the Soundex code L530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L530.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lund come from?: * 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”).
How common is the surname Lund?: 24,347 people in the United States had the surname Lund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,681 Americans. It ranked 1,465th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lund?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lund?: Zoë Lund, American performer and writer (1962–1999), followed by Deanna Lund.
Where is the surname Lund most common?: Wikidata records people named Lund in the United States, the Kingdom of Denmark and Brazil and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Lund?: Lund is /lʌnd/, one syllable.
Is the surname Lund getting more or less common?: More common. 24,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,347 in 2010, up 1.4%.