Last Name LUND

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the laund or lund, i.e. lawn, which is a modern form, an open space in a wood, a glade.

Origin	English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, South african, Hungarian, Pakistani

Rank	1,354 (2000 US census)	1,354 (1990 US census)

Count	24,001 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.48%, or 22676 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.38%, or 91 total occurrences, as black,
0.64%, or 154 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 130 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.42%, or 341 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.54%, or 610 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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