How common is the surname Ludolph?

539 people in the United States had the surname Ludolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ludolph?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ludolph identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ludolph getting more or less common?

More common. 483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, up 12%.

Is Ludolph also a first name?

Yes. Ludolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ludolph

A German surname, carried by 539 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L341 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ludolph is more common than 75% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Ludolf, an ancient personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *liudīz (“people”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

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 539 people named Ludolph in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 483.

#40,554

rank among US surnames

539

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.6%

change since 2000 (was #42,289)

Who is named Ludolph

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

93% of people named Ludolph identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ludolf

Ludolph has the Soundex code L341, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L341.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ludolph come from?: Borrowed from German Ludolf, an ancient personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *liudīz (“people”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).
How common is the surname Ludolph?: 539 people in the United States had the surname Ludolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ludolph?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ludolph identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ludolph getting more or less common?: More common. 483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Ludolph?: Ludolf.
Is Ludolph also a first name?: Yes. Ludolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.