# Luft (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/luft/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,548 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,218 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,172 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (2,571 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Luft in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Luft in the United States.

## People named Luft

- Lorna Luft, American television, stage and film actress and singer
- Sidney Luft, American film producer and businessman (1915-2005)

## Similar surnames

Loft, Lovett, Leavitt, Lovato, Levitt, Lobato, Lafayette, Loveday, Lovette, Labadie, Labat, Lovitt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.