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    The surname Luttrell

    A French occupational surname, carried by 9,632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L364

    Luttrell: #3,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Luttrell #3,687, 9,632 people Luttrell: #3,687 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luttrell #3,687, 9,632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luttrell is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    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.

    Luttrell is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,632 people named Luttrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,054 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,445.

    #3,687
    rank among US surnames
    9,632
    people in 2010
    3.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,460)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,682Saleh9,65631,974
    #3,684Rawlings9,65231,988
    #3,686Wynne9,63732,038
    #3,687Jasper9,63232,054
    #3,689Camargo9,62632,074

    Who is named Luttrell

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

    92% of people named Luttrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Luttrells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Morgan Luttrell
      American politician (born 1975)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Luttrell

    Luttrell has the Soundex code L364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L364.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luttrell come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Luttrell?
    9,632 people in the United States had the surname Luttrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,054 Americans. It ranked 3,687th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luttrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Luttrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Luttrell?
    Morgan Luttrell, American politician (born 1975).
    Where is the surname Luttrell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Luttrell in the United States.
    What type of surname is Luttrell?
    Luttrell is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Luttrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,632 in 2010, up 2.0%.
    What are other spellings of Luttrell?
    Latterell, Littrel, Littrell and Luttrull.