Explore the Family Name Lubell

The meaning of Lubell

1. American shortened and altered form of Jewish (from Poland) Lubelczyk or Lubelski: habitational name for someone from the city of Lublin. 2. In some cases possibly also Swedish: ornamental name from an unexplained first element + the suffix -ell, a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius.

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How common is the last name Lubell in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Lubell" slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lubell ranked as the 53,556th most common name, but by 2010 it had slipped to 55,121st in popularity, indicating a decline of approximately 2.92%. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the surname Lubell increased slightly from 362 in 2000 to 373 in 2010, marking an increase of 3.04%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,556	#55,121	-2.92%
Count	362	373	3.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lubell

As per the Decennial U.S. Census information, the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lubell has seen some minor shifts. The majority of those bearing the Lubell surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, albeit with a slight decrease from 95.58% to 94.91%. The Hispanic representation within the Lubell surname community saw an increase of 29.32%, moving from 2.49% in 2000 to 3.22% in 2010. There was also a small emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races within this surname group in 2010. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were not reported among the Lubell surname bearers during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.58%	94.91%	-0.7%
Hispanic	2.49%	3.22%	29.32%
Two or More Races	0%	1.34%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%