How common is the surname Lux?

5,796 people in the United States had the surname Lux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. It ranked 5,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lux?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lux?

Germán Lux, Argentine association football player, followed by Venus Lux.

Where is the surname Lux most common?

Wikidata records people named Lux in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Lux getting more or less common?

More common. 5,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,796 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Lux

A surname, carried by 5,796 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). Lux is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,796 people named Lux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,508.

#5,940

rank among US surnames

5,796

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,756)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,936	Prendergast	5,800	53,232
#5,938	Kilmer	5,799	53,241
#5,939	Ducharme	5,797	53,260
#5,940	Marble	5,796	53,269

Who is named Lux

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

85% of people named Lux identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Luxs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Germán Lux
Argentine association football player, born 1982
Venus Lux
American pornographic actress, born 1990
Danny Lux
American composer, born 1969

Notable Luxs come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lux

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lux?: 5,796 people in the United States had the surname Lux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,269 Americans. It ranked 5,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lux?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Lux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lux?: Germán Lux, Argentine association football player, followed by Venus Lux.
Where is the surname Lux most common?: Wikidata records people named Lux in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Lux getting more or less common?: More common. 5,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,796 in 2010, up 5.2%.