How common is the surname Lurie?

2,405 people in the United States had the surname Lurie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,377 Americans. It ranked 12,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lurie?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lurie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lurie?

Alison Lurie, American novelist and academic (1926-2020), followed by John Lurie.

Where is the surname Lurie most common?

Wikidata records people named Lurie in the United States and Russia.

Is the surname Lurie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,405 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Lurie

A surname, carried by 2,405 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lurie is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,405 people named Lurie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,377 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,162.

#12,821

rank among US surnames

2,405

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+11.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,812	Benard	2,407	128,270
#12,817	Carew	2,406	128,323
#12,821	Brugger	2,405	128,377
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430
#12,827	Tercero	2,403	128,483
#12,830	Yale	2,402	128,537

Who is named Lurie

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

94% of people named Lurie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Luries

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alison Lurie
American novelist and academic (1926-2020)
John Lurie
American musician, painter and actor (born 1952)
Jacob Lurie
American mathematician, born 1977
Deborah Lurie
American composer, born 1974
Evan Lurie
American composer, born 1954
Lev Lurye
1950- Russian writer and local historian

Notable Luries come mostly from the United States (5) and Russia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lurie

Lurie has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

Questions

How common is the surname Lurie?: 2,405 people in the United States had the surname Lurie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,377 Americans. It ranked 12,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lurie?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lurie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lurie?: Alison Lurie, American novelist and academic (1926-2020), followed by John Lurie.
Where is the surname Lurie most common?: Wikidata records people named Lurie in the United States and Russia.
Is the surname Lurie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,405 in 2010, up 11%.