How Many People Have the Last Name Lua?
people had the surname Lua in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 81,301 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Hispanic or Latino
Change Since 2000
+1,127 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Lua (89.5%) are Hispanic or Latino. The next largest group, 5.2%, are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are Hispanic or Latino, Lua ranks #1,158. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Lua grew from 2,497 people in 2000 to 3,624 in 2010 (up 45.1%), and its rank rose from #11,547 to #9,023.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,497 | 3,624 |
| Rank | #11,547 | #9,023 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.93 | 1.23 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Lua
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Lua: L000
👤 Lua as a First Name
Lua is a first name too: about 1,077 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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