Luitz Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Luitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1781:452,27840,070
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Austria261:327,51736,002
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Luitz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Luitz is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Luitz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,028,911th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. Luitz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Luitz reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Luitz is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 452,278. In Germany Luitz is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 60 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 12 percent are found and Austria, where 11 percent are found.

Luitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Luitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Luitz last name fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luitze9138/
Luitsz9127/
Lutz89114,113/
Luiz8938,432/
Litz897,007/
Luijtze832/
Lietz808,794/
Lutze804,233/
Leitz803,592/
Lautz801,179/
Leutz801,132/
Loitz80628/
Loutz80349/
Laitz80102/
Luetz8049/
Luits8031/
Litze8023/
Luutz809/
Luttz807/
Lithz805/
Lustz804/
Luizz804/
Lutzz803/
Lihtz802/
Littz802/
Ludtz802/
Lutxz801/
Lutzs801/
Lluiz801/
Llutz801/
Litsz801/
Lgitz801/
Lbitz801/
Liuiz801/
Luztz801/
Lutcz800/
Hlitz800/
Luz7523,989/
Liz757,308/
Luites73153/
Leutze73107/
Lautze7391/
Luitse7384/
Leitze7376/
Glietz7375/
Leitez7350/
Luijts7313/
Luetze7310/
Lichtz733/
Laitez732/
Leuetz731/
Leitzh731/
Lliotz731/
Leistz731/
D'Lutz731/
Loutze730/
Leidtz730/
Lautzs730/
Luttze730/
Liutze730/
Lauetz730/
Leittz730/
Luts674,547/
Louz674,007/
Luci673,785/
Laiz672,346/
Letz672,310/
Lauz671,359/
Lluz67515/
Lits67429/
Loiz67379/
Lucz67331/
Leiz67289/
Leuz67197/
Liez67179/
Licz67167/
Luić67153/
Lytz67123/
Hluz67101/
Luez6797/
Lidz6775/
Luic6753/
Lizh6740/
Lizz6733/
Ludz6718/
Lutc677/
Luzz677/
Luič676/
Lwiz675/
Luyz674/
Luzh674/
Lutx673/
Láiz673/
Luhz673/
Leitzhe673/
Ljtz673/
Liuz672/
Litc672/
Litx671/
Llgoutz671/
Lätz671/
Lujietc671/
Lviz671/
Lhuz671/
Lhiz670/

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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 Luitz
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