Luís Last Name Facts and Heraldry

There is no single Luís family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Luís line, if any, bore arms.

In the records

1,261 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Luís name at birth. Luís ranked 3,827 in the 2010 US Census, with 9,255 people answering to the name. 70% of them identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Luís, so we research it family by family rather than guess. Counting heads is the honest place to start with Luís.

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