Find out how popular the last name Lemuz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lemuz.

Lemuz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lemuz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lemuz in America

Lemuz is the 70403rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lemuz surname appeared 278 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lemuz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lemuz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lemuz

The surname LEMUZ has its origins in the Basque region of northern Spain and southwestern France, dating back to the 12th century. The name is derived from the Basque word "lema," meaning "border" or "boundary," suggesting that the earliest bearers of this name may have lived near a territorial boundary or border area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the LEMUZ surname can be found in the archives of the city of Bayonne, in southwestern France, where a certain Juan de LEMUZ is mentioned in a document from the year 1348. This document details a land dispute involving Juan de LEMUZ and his neighbors.

In the 15th century, the LEMUZ name appears in several records from the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia, indicating that the name had spread throughout the region. One notable figure from this period was Pedro LEMUZ (c. 1425 - 1492), a minor nobleman and landowner from the village of Azpeitia in Gipuzkoa.

As the centuries passed, various spelling variations of the LEMUZ surname emerged, including Lemus, Lemuz, and Lemoux. One of the earliest known bearers of the Lemus spelling was Miguel de Lemus (c. 1520 - 1585), a merchant and ship owner from the port city of San Sebastián in Gipuzkoa.

In the 17th century, the LEMUZ name crossed the Atlantic Ocean with the Spanish colonization of the Americas. One of the first LEMUZ settlers in the New World was Diego de LEMUZ (c. 1610 - 1678), who established himself as a rancher and landowner in the region of present-day Mexico.

Another notable figure was Ignacio LEMUZ (1732 - 1809), a Franciscan friar who played a significant role in the establishment of missions and the spread of Christianity among the indigenous populations of California during the Spanish colonial period.

As the centuries progressed, members of the LEMUZ family continued to leave their mark in various fields, such as María LEMUZ (1845 - 1923), a renowned painter and artist from the city of Bilbao in Bizkaia, and Carlos LEMUZ (1879 - 1954), a prominent lawyer and judge in Argentina, whose ancestors had emigrated from the Basque Country in the 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lemuz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lemuz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lemuz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lemuz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lemuz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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