# Luttrell (surname)

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

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,632 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,687 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,054 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (9,445 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Latterell, Littrel, Littrell, Luttrull |

## Etymology

From a diminutive of Old French loutre (“otter”), either a nickname for someone thought to resemble this animal, or a metonymic occupational surname for someone who hunted otters for their pelts.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Luttrell 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Luttrell in the United States.

## People named Luttrell

- Morgan Luttrell, American politician (born 1975)

## Similar surnames

Littrell, Litteral.

## 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.