Can someone tell me the origins of the sur (last) name of luquin?

Question

i looked on ansertry and family tree already and can u tell me directly note through a link

Answer 1

Hi, this site quotes U.S. Census Bureau data for the 771 occurences of the surname Luquin in 2000:

LUQUIN is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurances in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.

LUQUIN ranks # 28994 in terms of the most common surnames in the United States for 2000.

LUQUIN had 771 occurences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.

Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, LUQUIN would occur an average of 0.29 times.

Race / ethnic origin

The race categories shown in these files 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: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".

For the last name of LUQUIN the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:

2.98 percent, or 23 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"

0 percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"

Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"

Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"

Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"

96.24 percent, or 742 total occurences, were "Hispanic Origin"

NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignifcant"

The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.

All data is dervied from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.

Answer 2

Ancestry.com has a message board with others discussing the origin of the surname Luquin.  Some have traceed their ancestors from  northen Spain, in the Basque regions bordering France.

http://boards.ancestry.com/SearchResults...