Lobenstein Surname

393,872nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 897 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Lobenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lobenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5491:146,64017,654
United States1941:1,868,345121,641
Israel671:127,72613,864
England351:1,591,94567,242
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

The alternate forms: Löbenstein (2) are calculated separately.

Lobenstein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lobenstein is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Löbenstein. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lobenstein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 393,872nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,124,354 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Lobenstein reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 146,640. In Germany Lobenstein is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 29 percent live, Hesse, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.

Lobenstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lobenstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lobenstein last name rose 259 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lobenstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lobenstein last name are 1.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.52% registered with the party.

Lobenstein earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.95% less than the national average, earning $34,542 USD per year.

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Lobenstein Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lobenstein
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