How common is the surname Lush?

1,191 people in the United States had the surname Lush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lush getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, down 6.8%.

The surname Lush

A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lush is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian łuža (“swampy land”), from Proto-Slavic *luža.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,191 people named Lush in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,278.

#21,830

rank among US surnames

1,191

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,537)

Who is named Lush

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

92% of people named Lush identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lush

Lush has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

Where does the surname Lush come from?: * As an English surname, from the original sense of the adjective lush (“relaxed, slack”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Lüsch, from several placenames in Germany, derived from the obsolete Middle High German liesche (“reeds”). Also East German of Slavic origin, such as Lower Sorbian…
How common is the surname Lush?: 1,191 people in the United States had the surname Lush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lush?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lush getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, down 6.8%.