The Lucero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 39,986 people carried this name — #865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,370 people counted. That is up 18% from 33,922 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 76,571 people named Lucero live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 18,715
Mendoza 15,827
San Luis 12,254
Córdoba 8,927
San Juan 4,239
Santa Fe 3,843
La Pampa 2,568
City of Buenos Aires 1,936

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Lucero live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 6
Geneva 5
Lucerne 4
Graubünden 3
St. Gallen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Lucero is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lucero in American newspapers,
1895–1949.

Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Lucero
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1895-04-06
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lucero
Evening Star 1911-03-04
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Lucero
La Gaceta 1949-10-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,660 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lucero in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1970s.

66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lucero. The most, 41, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 6
New South Wales 3
Queensland 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lucero.

Who carried it

People named Lucero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pablo Lucero
    Pablo Lucero 1800–1856 · military personnel
  • Anna Larroucau Laborde de Lucero
    Anna Larroucau Laborde de Lucero 1864–1956
  • Santiago Lucero
    Santiago Lucero 1870–1925 · politician
  • Franklin Lucero
    Franklin Lucero 1897–1976 · military personnel
  • Enrique Lucero
    Enrique Lucero 1920–1989 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 89 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lucero,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,437 records

1,437 records of the Lucero name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 622
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 543
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 253
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Clifford Lucero

    Born 1949; from Santa Ana, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Isaac R. Lucero

    Born 1925 in Colorado. Enlisted 1943 at Denver; farm hand from Archuleta County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Donato Lucero

    Arrived at New York in 1901 aboard the Massilia from Naples, aged 25; laborer. From Buccheri, Siracusa, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,437 records for Lucero in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Lucero name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Chantal Lucero

    Born 1953 in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1993 in Amblainville (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Joseph Lucero

    Born 1918 in Bordeaux; died 1998 in Libourne (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jocelyne Marguerite Laure Lucero

    Born 1936 in Aubervilliers (Paris); died 1989 in Othis (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Lucero in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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