The Lujan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,021 people carried this name — #1,637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,400 people counted. That is up 17% from 18,892 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 27,367 people named Lujan 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Lujan.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Lujan live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
Lujan in American newspapers,
1913–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,038 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lujan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Lujan 1928–2019 · politician -
Michelle Lujan Grisham 1959– · lawyer -
David Lujan 1965– · politician -
Jonathan Lujan 1971– · para alpine skier -
José Andrés Luján del Castillo 1792–1856 · politician
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Albert Lujan 1892–1948 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lujan.
- Lugan 130 · U.S. census
- Luginbuhl 418 · U.S. census
- Lugue 265 · U.S. census
- Luis 9,255 · U.S. census
- Luisi 1,105 · U.S. census
- Luiz 1,581 · U.S. census
- Lukas 3,930 · U.S. census
- Lukasik 1,629 · U.S. census
- Lukaszewski 618 · U.S. census
- Lukic 657 · U.S. census
- Lukowiak 136 · U.S. census
- Lumia 437 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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