Lung: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

If a Lung family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Lung by the numbers

The Lung family name is well attested in modern population records. According to the 2010 US Census, the Lung surname had 7,753 bearers. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 47% of the total. INSEE counts 231 people born in France with the Lung surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960. Births ran at 7 in 1891–1900 and 12 in 1991–2000.

Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Lung, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Lungo, Long and Lyng.

Get the complete Lung report, with a museum-style coat of arms.