Lacy is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lacy
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning: Derived from a place in France by that name. Sire De Lacy into England with William the Conqueror. The Lacys afterward settled in Ireland

How popular is Lacy?

Lacy is common in United States.

Lacy is ranked 15862 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lacy bearers increased by 3.865169 per cent in 2010 US census to 23110 since 2000, the surname slipped by 92 spots and ranked at 1559. The last name was found in around 78 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.22 66.21
Black 30.15 29.01
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.7
Others 2.67 1.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.48
Lacy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Mariana Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 33095 people have been found who wears Lacy as their family name. Lacy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
701,083 India8
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
9,097 Wales3
3,340 Jamaica3
10,762 Hungary3
7,574 Bangladesh2
9,272 Ecuador2
18,625 Japan2
28,232 Morocco2
21,529 Singapore2
34,681 Norway2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
31,584 Peru1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,879 Belize1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
174,544 Czech Republic1
799 British Virgin Islands1
25,721 Egypt1
25,746 Finland1
36,814 Romania1
58,885 Poland1
5,924 Paraguay1
8,859 Iraq1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
7,292 Vietnam1
40,340 Malaysia1
153,416 Italy1
810,193 Indonesia1
21,562 Portugal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
4,813 Hong Kong47
28,564 Switzerland36
60,950 Spain28
2,675 Costa Rica27
52,530 Belgium22
4,647 Thailand21
173,579 Ukraine18
2,892 China15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Lacy:
3,891 Australia780
11,880 Mexico366
18,360 South Africa329
34,330 Germany303
1,752 Ireland289
15,916 Canada233
49,962 Brazil207
4,879 New Zealand156
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Lacy:
4,314 England1,726
Countries with ten thousands of Lacy:
1,402 United States27,969
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman Martin Lacy who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on April 28, 1849 by Sea Bird put out from Galway. Joiner Daniel Lacy, Joiner Judy Lacy, 40 years old Mary Lacy, Thomas Lacy (8), Mary-Ann Lacy, aged 5, Kate Lacy, aged Born at sea, Workman William Lacy, 20 years old Stephen Lacy, Workman William Lacy, John Lacy, aged 35, 43 years old Martha Lacy, 18 years old Mary Lacy, Thomas Lacy, aged 5, Will Lacy, aged 3, and 42 other Lacy around 60.53% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, shoemaker migrated to US from Liverpool, New Ross and London.

Comments

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Shantel Abele
 The origin of the name is French etymology comes from the name of the town of Lachy, in the department of marl this place name indicates the location of the ancestral home.

Lacy Namesakes

    Steve Lacy, American saxophonist
    Preston Lacy, American actor and screenwriter of the films and series Jackass
  • Eddie Lacy, Football running back
  • Annell Lacy Simcoe, Author
  • De Lacy Evans, British member of Parliament
  • Frank Lacy, Music master
  • William Brandon Lacy Campos, Poet
  • Frank Lacy, Music master
  • Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract, Earl of Lincoln
  • Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Lincoln
  • Frank Lacy, Music master
  • Frank Lacy, Music master

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