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    The surname Lunsford

    A surname, carried by 16,962 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L521

    Lunsford: #2,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Lunsford #2,137, 16,962 people Lunsford: #2,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lunsford #2,137, 16,962 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lunsford is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,962 people named Lunsford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,202 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,736.

    #2,137
    rank among US surnames
    16,962
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,981)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,128Hobson17,04318,116
    #2,129Bustos17,04018,119
    #2,130Benedict17,03618,123
    #2,131Vandyke17,03018,130
    #2,132Troyer16,98118,182
    #2,133Ham16,98018,183
    #2,134Prescott16,97518,188

    Who is named Lunsford

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

    87% of people named Lunsford identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lunsfords

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derek Lunsford
      American professional bodybuilder, born 1993
    • Oliver Anthony
      American singer-songwriter, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lunsford

    Lunsford has the Soundex code L521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L521.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lunsford?
    16,962 people in the United States had the surname Lunsford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,202 Americans. It ranked 2,137th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lunsford?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lunsford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lunsford?
    Derek Lunsford, American professional bodybuilder, followed by Oliver Anthony.
    Where is the surname Lunsford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lunsford in the United States.
    Is the surname Lunsford getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,962 in 2010, up 1.4%.