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    The surname Lunt

    A surname, carried by 3,025 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L530

    Lunt: #10,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lunt #10,593, 3,025 people Lunt: #10,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lunt #10,593, 3,025 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lunt is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,025 people named Lunt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,065 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,837.

    #10,593
    rank among US surnames
    3,025
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,413)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,584Vidrine3,029101,930
    #10,587Biller3,028101,964
    #10,589Stgeorge3,026102,031
    #10,593Butters3,025102,065
    #10,596Coan3,024102,098
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166
    #10,601Boice3,021102,200

    Who is named Lunt

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

    94% of people named Lunt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lunts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alfred Lunt
      Actor (1892-1977)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lunt

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lunt?
    3,025 people in the United States had the surname Lunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,065 Americans. It ranked 10,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lunt?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lunt?
    Alfred Lunt, actor (1892-1977).
    Where is the surname Lunt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lunt in the United States.
    Is the surname Lunt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,837 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,025 in 2010, up 6.6%.