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    The surname Luton

    A surname, carried by 1,669 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L350

    Luton: #17,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Luton #17,026, 1,669 people Luton: #17,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luton #17,026, 1,669 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luton is more common than 89.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,669 people named Luton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,343.

    #17,026
    rank among US surnames
    1,669
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,836)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,026Kassa1,669184,988
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099

    Who is named Luton

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

    70% of people named Luton identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Luton

    Luton has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Luton?
    1,669 people in the United States had the surname Luton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. It ranked 17,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luton?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Luton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Luton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,669 in 2010, up 24%.