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    The surname Lauterbach

    A German surname, carried by 1,954 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L361

    Lauterbach: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lauterbach #15,099, 1,954 people Lauterbach: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lauterbach #15,099, 1,954 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lauterbach is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Lauterbach.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,954 people named Lauterbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,916.

    #15,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,954
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,335)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,090Palombo1,955157,926
    #15,099Schaible1,954158,007
    #15,104Quispe1,953158,088

    Who is named Lauterbach

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Lauterbach identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lauterbach

    Lauterbach has the Soundex code L361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L361.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lauterbach come from?
    Borrowed from German Lauterbach.
    How common is the surname Lauterbach?
    1,954 people in the United States had the surname Lauterbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. It ranked 15,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lauterbach?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lauterbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lauterbach getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,954 in 2010, up 2.0%.