The Lucy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,096 people carried this name — #10,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,005 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 196 people named Lucy.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Landes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 53 people named Lucy live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Lucy live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Lucy in American newspapers,
1887–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 842,784 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lucy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Lucy d. 1704 -
Spencer Lucy d. 1648 -
Davenport Lucy d. 1690 -
Kate Lucy d. 1931
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Rebecca Chapman d. 1685
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Spencer Lucy d. 1691
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lucy.
- Lucini 102 · U.S. census
- Lucio 9,780 · U.S. census
- Lucius 2,016 · U.S. census
- Luck 6,008 · U.S. census
- Luco 116 · U.S. census
- Lucot 147 · U.S. census
- Luczak 1,394 · U.S. census
- Lude 210 · U.S. census
- Luder 167 · U.S. census
- Ludwiczak 222 · U.S. census
- Ludwig 22,380 · U.S. census
- Luengo 171 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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