Explore the Family Name Lugar

The meaning of Lugar

1. English: from the Middle English personal name Leugar, Levegar, Old English Lēofgār, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’ + gār ‘spear’. 2. Croatian: occupational name for a forester or a topographic name for someone who lived by a grove, derived from lug ‘(small) wood, grove’. 3. Gallician and Spanish: habitational name from any of several places in Galicia (Spain) called Lugar, from lugar ‘place, village’, or a topographic name from this word.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lugar had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 26,717th most common surname, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 27,354th spot, marking a 2.38% decline. The number of people with this surname, however, increased during the same period from 857 to 883, a growth of 3.03%. The proportion per 100k also experienced a marginal drop from 0.32 to 0.3, signifying a 6.25% decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,717	#27,354	-2.38%
Count	857	883	3.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.3	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lugar

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some shifts for individuals carrying the Lugar surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander rose by 32.30%, while those identifying as having two or more races saw a significant drop of 66.09%. The percentage of white individuals slightly decreased by 0.64%, whereas those identifying as Hispanic more than doubled, increasing by 102.14%. The percentages for Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at 0.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.35%	92.75%	-0.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.57%	3.4%	32.3%
Hispanic	1.4%	2.83%	102.14%
Two or More Races	2.33%	0.79%	-66.09%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%