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

Luzania, 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 Luzania surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luzania in America

Luzania is the 73666th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luzania surname appeared 263 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 Luzania.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luzania 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 Luzania

The surname Luzania originated in the Iberian Peninsula during the medieval period, specifically in the regions of Aragon and Catalonia in modern-day Spain. It is derived from the Latin word "lucanus," which means "of or relating to light." This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who lived near a well-lit area or worked as a lamplighter or candlemaker.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Luzania can be found in the Repartimiento de Mallorca, a 13th-century document detailing the distribution of lands and properties among the conquerors of the island of Majorca after the Aragonese conquest of the Balearic Islands in 1229. There, a certain Pedro de Luzania is mentioned as receiving a parcel of land in the town of Inca.

In the 14th century, the surname appears in various municipal records and chronicles from the regions of Aragon and Catalonia. For instance, a Jaime Luzania is listed as a prominent merchant in the city of Barcelona in the year 1348, during the height of the Black Death pandemic in Europe.

The name Luzania also has connections to the Reconquista, the centuries-long struggle between Christian and Muslim rulers for control of the Iberian Peninsula. In the 15th century, a knight named Gonzalo de Luzania is recorded as having fought alongside the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, in the final stages of the Reconquista, culminating in the conquest of Granada in 1492.

During the Age of Exploration and the Spanish colonization of the Americas, several individuals bearing the Luzania surname participated in the conquest and settlement of the New World. One notable figure was Diego de Luzania, a Spanish conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century. He later served as a military captain and was granted encomiendas (land grants) in present-day Mexico for his services to the Crown.

Another prominent Luzania was Fray Tomás de Luzania, a Catholic friar and missionary who traveled to the Philippines in the late 16th century. He is credited with establishing several churches and missions in the archipelago and played a significant role in the evangelization efforts in the region during the Spanish colonial period.

Over the centuries, the Luzania surname has spread beyond its origins in Spain and can now be found in various parts of the world, particularly in Latin American countries with a strong Spanish colonial heritage, such as Mexico, Peru, and Argentina.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luzania

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

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 Luzania 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 Luzania 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 Luzania was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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