How common is the surname Luster?

7,316 people in the United States had the surname Luster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,201 Americans. It ranked 4,823rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Luster getting more or less common?

More common. 6,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,316 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Luster

A German surname, carried by 7,316 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luster is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,316 people named Luster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,201 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,840.

#4,823

rank among US surnames

7,316

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #4,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,814	Wickham	7,335	42,092
#4,815	Reiss	7,334	42,098
#4,816	Germain	7,332	42,109
#4,817	Thornhill	7,327	42,138
#4,818	Pippin	7,326	42,144
#4,819	Bristow	7,323	42,161
#4,820	Zamarripa	7,322	42,167

Who is named Luster

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

48% of people named Luster identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Luster

Luster has the Soundex code L236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L236.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Luster come from?: Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.
How common is the surname Luster?: 7,316 people in the United States had the surname Luster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,201 Americans. It ranked 4,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luster?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Luster identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Luster getting more or less common?: More common. 6,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,316 in 2010, up 7.0%.