The surname Lute
A surname, carried by 1,780 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex L300
Origin
* English surname of Old Norse origin, from lútr (“stooping”). * German surname, derived from an old Germanic name from *liudi (“people, tribe”).
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,780 people named Lute in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,854.
Who is named Lute
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Lute identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Lute
Lute has the Soundex code L300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L300.
Questions
- Where does the surname Lute come from?
- * English surname of Old Norse origin, from lútr (“stooping”). * German surname, derived from an old Germanic name from *liudi (“people, tribe”).
- How common is the surname Lute?
- 1,780 people in the United States had the surname Lute in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,453 Americans. It ranked 16,219th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Lute?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lute identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Lute getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,780 in 2010, down 4.0%.