How common is the surname Lutz?

32,050 people in the United States had the surname Lutz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,633 Americans. It ranked 1,092nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lutz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lutz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lutz?

Kellan Lutz, American actor and model, followed by Bertha Lutz.

Where is the surname Lutz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lutz in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Lutz getting more or less common?

More common. 31,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,050 in 2010, up 0.3%.

Is Lutz also a first name?

Yes. Lutz 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 Lutz

A German surname, carried by 32,050 people in the United States.

Pronounced /lʌts/ 1 syllable Soundex L320 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). Lutz is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Lutz.

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 32,050 people named Lutz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,633 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 31,940.

#1,092

rank among US surnames

32,050

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #996)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,083	Fulton	32,258	9,571
#1,084	Kang	32,221	9,582
#1,085	Sears	32,206	9,587
#1,086	Lehman	32,180	9,594
#1,087	Byers	32,174	9,596
#1,088	Snider	32,148	9,604
#1,089	Law	32,122	9,612

Who is named Lutz

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

95% of people named Lutz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lutzs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kellan Lutz
American actor and model, born 1985
Bertha Lutz
Brazilian scientist (1894-1976)
Bob Lutz
American tennis player, born 1947
Adolpho Lutz
Brazilian physician and zoologist (1855-1940)
John Lutz
American comedian and screenwriter, born 1973
Zach Lutz
American baseball player, born 1986
John Lutz
American writer (1939–2021)

Notable Lutzs come mostly from the United States (5) and Brazil (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lutz

Lutz has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lutz come from?: Borrowed from German Lutz.
How common is the surname Lutz?: 32,050 people in the United States had the surname Lutz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,633 Americans. It ranked 1,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lutz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lutz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lutz?: Kellan Lutz, American actor and model, followed by Bertha Lutz.
Where is the surname Lutz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lutz in the United States and Brazil.
How do you pronounce Lutz?: Lutz is /lʌts/, one syllable.
Is the surname Lutz getting more or less common?: More common. 31,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,050 in 2010, up 0.3%.
Is Lutz also a first name?: Yes. Lutz 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.