Lauterbach Surname

36,547th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lauterbach Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller near the clear or pure brook; one who came from Lauterbach (clear brook); the name of many places in Germany.

Lauterbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,7621:7,481943
United States2,5621:141,47514,682
France2041:325,60249,364
Poland1571:242,09430,778
Czechia1131:94,10115,664
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Austria781:109,17215,555
Canada611:604,02649,778
Brazil571:3,755,690104,031
Australia471:574,37741,856
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Israel261:329,14027,831
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Panama181:217,3486,003
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
England101:5,571,806158,774
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2521:199,28017,365

Lauterbach Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller near the clear or pure brook; one who came from Lauterbach (clear brook); the name of many places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lauterbach Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lauterbach Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lauterbach is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lauterbach? popularity and diffusion

It is the 36,547th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 504,957 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Lauterbach live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Lauterbach is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 10,762 people, or 1 in 7,481. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 24 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Hesse, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Lauterbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lauterbach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lauterbach last name rose 1,017 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lauterbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lauterbach surname are 18.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.04% registered with the political party.

The amount Lauterbach earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.22% more than the national average, earning R 461,532 per year; in United States they earn 9.72% more than the national average, earning $47,345 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.23% more than the national average, earning $52,777 CAD per year.

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