The Lux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,796 people carried this name — #5,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,508 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,731 people named Lux.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 400 people named Lux 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 Liège.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 164 people named Lux 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 Santa Fe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
111 people named Lux live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 Poland’s population register
48 people named Lux have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 111 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Lux 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).
In print
Lux in American newspapers,
1919–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 326,437 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Lux 1757–1818 · actor -
Adam Lux 1765–1793 · politician -
Adam Lux 1765–1793 · politician
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Paul Lux d. 1980
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Konrad Lux 1481–1505 · sculptor
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Ignatius Lux 1650–1705 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lux.
- Lutringer 106 · U.S. census
- Lutter 757 · U.S. census
- Luttmann 179 · U.S. census
- Lutton 1,250 · U.S. census
- Lutz 32,050 · U.S. census
- Luu 15,702 · U.S. census
- Luz 1,848 · U.S. census
- Luze 147 · U.S. census
- Luzi 266 · U.S. census
- Luzier 713 · U.S. census
- Luzzi 1,181 · U.S. census
- Ly 29,891 · U.S. census
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