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    The surname Luy

    A Khmer surname, carried by 667 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L000

    Luy: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Luy #34,073, 667 people Luy: #34,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Luy #34,073, 667 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luy is more common than 79% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    Borrowed from Khmer លុយ (luy). This surname could also derive from Spanish Luy and German Luy.

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 667 people named Luy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 521.

    #34,073
    rank among US surnames
    667
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28%
    change since 2000 (was #39,678)

    Who is named Luy

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

    59% of people named Luy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 59%
    • White (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Luy

    Luy has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luy come from?
    Borrowed from Khmer លុយ (luy). This surname could also derive from Spanish Luy and German Luy.
    How common is the surname Luy?
    667 people in the United States had the surname Luy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 462,887 Americans. It ranked 34,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luy?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Luy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Luy getting more or less common?
    More common. 521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 667 in 2010, up 28%.