The Lust surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,474 people carried this name — #18,660 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,414 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 477 people named Lust 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 156 people named Lust.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Nord.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Lust 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 Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
273 people named Lust is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Lust,
with a public archive behind them.
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Berta Bergmann 1873–1944
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Jaan Lust 1879–1942 · local politician
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Franz Lust 1880–1939 · physician
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Cornelis Lust 1881– · photographer
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Lilly Lust 1889–1992 · singer
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Johannes Lust 1900–1979 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lust.
- Lurie 2,405 · U.S. census
- Lusardi 693 · U.S. census
- Luscher 388 · U.S. census
- Lussier 4,786 · U.S. census
- Lusso 146 · U.S. census
- Lusson 190 · U.S. census
- Lustenberger 121 · U.S. census
- Lustig 2,562 · U.S. census
- Lustre 384 · U.S. census
- Lutgen 800 · U.S. census
- Luthi 861 · U.S. census
- Luthringer 225 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Lust is.
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