Lum Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Lum? Think of it as Lumb with a different pen. In origin, the name means “pool”.

Lum coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lum, so the heraldry linked to Lumb is a starting point, not an automatic right.

How the spelling arose

Records show Lum as one of the forms Lumb took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Lumbe.

The 2010 US Census counted 8,060 people named Lum, ranking it number 4,406 among American surnames. Get the complete Lum report, with a museum-style coat of arms.