Ludvik Surname

308,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Ludvik Surname User-submission:

Ludvik is an anglicised version of Czech Ludvík, which is the country's form of German Ludwig (Lewis in English). It is derived from the words hlod, meaning 'famous', and wig/vig, meaning 'battle' (therefore denoting a famous warrior or soldier).

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Ludvik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4771:759,87259,214
Slovenia1821:13,6693,266
Czechia1581:67,30011,292
Austria851:100,18214,475
Germany731:1,102,81573,621
Argentina531:806,48053,420
Canada451:818,79163,991
Australia391:692,19746,687
Slovakia371:144,22826,002
Hungary171:577,42834,558
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
China21:683,660,78330,601
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
France11:66,422,722504,397
Djibouti11:914,9321,612

The alternate forms: Ludvík (1,546) are calculated separately.

Ludvik (4,599) may also be a first name.

Ludvik Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Ludvik is an anglicised version of Czech Ludvík, which is the country's form of German Ludwig (Lewis in English). It is derived from the words hlod, meaning 'famous', and wig/vig, meaning 'battle' (therefore denoting a famous warrior or soldier).

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Ludvik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ludvik (Russian: Лудвик) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Ludvík. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ludvik? popularity and diffusion

Ludvik is the 308,515th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,958,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Ludvik live; 35 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 101,226th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 4,599 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 759,872. In The United States Ludvik is mostly concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 13 percent live, Nebraska, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States Ludvik is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 15 percent live and Czechia, where 13 percent live.

Ludvik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ludvik surname are 9.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.6% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ludvik earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $45,253 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.86% less than the national average, earning $48,262 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ludvík941,546/
Lyudvik92109/
Ludvick92104/
Ludvike921/
Liudvik921/
Ludvichk865/
Ludvig833,084/
Ludwik83876/
Ludvic8330/
Luduik8313/
Lidvik839/
Ludvyk832/
Ludviq831/
Ludvek831/
Ludviková80171/
Ludvikova8051/
Ludwick775,294/
Lyudvig771,384/
Lyudvyk77358/
Ludvigh7776/
Ludvigs7754/
Ludwidk771/
Ludwisk771/
Ludveig771/
Loudwik771/
Luduick770/
Lyudvikova7577/
Ludvicková759/
Ludvickova751/
Ludwichk7110/
Lyudvykh714/
Ludwicke711/
Loudwick710/
Ludveigh710/
Loddvick710/
Ludwig67134,408/
Ludvíková671,477/
Lodvig6733/
Luduig6713/
Lutwik6711/
Ludwyk678/
Lodwik676/
Ludvigova675/
Ludbig674/
Laudvoigt673/
Ludvíkova671/
Ludvíg671/
Ludwiková671/
Luduek670/

Ludvik Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ludvik in the Russian language
Лудвикludvik-

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