Explore the Family Name Luthra

The meaning of Luthra

Indian (Punjab): Arora and Sikh name based on the name of an Arora clan, of unexplained etymology. Some characteristic forenames: Indian Annu, Madhu, Sanjay, Vinay, Sanjiv, Vineet, Ajay, Amar, Amit, Amrish, Anil, Arun.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Luthra has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Luthra ranked 57,406 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had jumped to rank 40,261, representing an almost 30% change. Similarly, the count of people with this surname also showed a substantial rise of nearly 64%, increasing from 332 in 2000 to 544 in 2010. The proportion of individuals carrying the Luthra surname per 100,000 people also grew by 50% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,406	#40,261	29.87%
Count	332	544	63.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.18	50%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Luthra

Looking at the ethnic identity of individuals with the Luthra surname, again using data from the Decennial U.S. Census, we see a noticeable shift towards a higher representation among the Asian/Pacific Islander community, which increased from 80.12% in 2000 to 88.42% in 2010. At the same time, there was a decrease in the percentage of Luthras identifying as White or belonging to two or more races. Both categories saw a drop in representation, with Whites decreasing by about 35% and those reporting two or more races dropping by 45%. Other ethnicities, namely Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native, either reported zero or their data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	80.12%	88.42%	10.36%
White	9.04%	5.88%	-34.96%
Two or More Races	9.04%	4.96%	-45.13%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.51%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%