The Lustig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,562 people carried this name — #12,164 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,512 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
172 people named Lustig have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 224 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 170 people named Lustig.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 51 people named Lustig 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Lustig live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
613 people named Lustig are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lustig in American newspapers,
1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,919 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lustig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Auguste Lustig 1840–1895 · writer -
Henriette Lustig 1808–1888 · entrepreneur
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Josef Lustig 1812–1867
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Gottlieb Lustig 1816–1880
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Gottlieb Lustig 1817–1880
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Fredrik Bernhard Lustig 1834–1910 · spelman
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lustig.
- Luscher 388 · U.S. census
- Lussier 4,786 · U.S. census
- Lusso 146 · U.S. census
- Lusson 190 · U.S. census
- Lust 1,474 · U.S. census
- Lustenberger 121 · U.S. census
- Lustre 384 · U.S. census
- Lutgen 800 · U.S. census
- Luthi 861 · U.S. census
- Luthringer 225 · U.S. census
- Luthy 968 · U.S. census
- Lutin 281 · U.S. census
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