How common is the surname Lusk?

12,847 people in the United States had the surname Lusk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,033 Americans. It ranked 2,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lusk?

Don Lusk, American animator and director, followed by Hall S. Lusk.

Where is the surname Lusk most common?

Wikidata records people named Lusk in the United States.

Is the surname Lusk getting more or less common?

More common. 12,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,847 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Lusk

A surname, carried by 12,847 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). Lusk is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Probably a variant of Leask.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,847 people named Lusk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,033 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,145.

#2,803

rank among US surnames

12,847

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,726)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,794	Alcantar	12,919	23,899
#2,795	Looney	12,910	23,915
#2,796	Kenyon	12,891	23,950
#2,798	Epperson	12,884	23,963
#2,799	Aguayo	12,876	23,978
#2,800	Beaty	12,869	23,991
#2,801	Ricketts	12,862	24,004

Who is named Lusk

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

86% of people named Lusk identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lusks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Lusk
American animator and director, 1913–2018
Hall S. Lusk
American politician (1883-1983)
Georgia Lee Lusk
American politician (1893-1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lusk

Lusk 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 Lusk come from?: Probably a variant of Leask.
How common is the surname Lusk?: 12,847 people in the United States had the surname Lusk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,033 Americans. It ranked 2,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lusk?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lusk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lusk?: Don Lusk, American animator and director, followed by Hall S. Lusk.
Where is the surname Lusk most common?: Wikidata records people named Lusk in the United States.
Is the surname Lusk getting more or less common?: More common. 12,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,847 in 2010, up 5.8%.