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Early Origins of the Lucius family

The surname Lucius was first found in Pomerania. Here, members of the "Luettich" family became quite prosperous.

Early History of the Lucius family

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Lucius Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lutz, Luts, Luz, Lutsch, Lutch, Luetz, Luets, Luetsch, Luetch, Luettich, Lotz, Lots, Lotsch, Lotch, Loetz, Loets, Loetsch, Loetch, Lutze, Lutsche, Lutche and many more.

Early Notables of the Lucius family

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Lucius Ranking

In the United States, the name Lucius is the 16,096th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Lucius migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lucius Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Samuel Fred Lucius, who landed in America in 1769 [2]
Lucius Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Francis C Lucius, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Lucius (post 1700) +

  • Edward B. Lucius, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952 [3]
  • James Lucius Hickman (1937-2016), American Major League Baseball player who played from 1962 to 1974
  • Arnold Lucius Gesell (1880-1961), American psychologist and pediatrician who helped develop the field of child development who developed The Gesell Developmental Schedules, eponym of The Gesell Institute of Child Development
  • Dr. Michael Lucius Lomax (b. 1947), American President and Chief Executive officer of the United Negro College Fund
  • Julius Lucius Brenchley (1816-1873), English explorer, naturalist and author from Kent
  • Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1864-1950), Irish biographer and historian
  • Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948
  • William Lucius Case (1856-1933), American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Leelanau District, 1919-22; Member of Michigan State Senate 27th District, 1923-26; Defeated in primary, 1926 [4]
  • William Lucius Storrs (1795-1861), American politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Middletown, 1827-29, 1834; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1834 [5]
  • Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948), American Democratic Party politician, Governor of Connecticut, 1931-39; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 [6]


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  6. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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