Lunz Surname

147,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,993 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Lunz Surname Definition:

(from a place name) From Louans, a town in France. In Hebrew it became Loantz which was rendered in Polish as Lunz.

Lunz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5701:51,2776,686
United States8311:436,17237,541
Brazil3831:558,94120,909
Canada431:856,87466,382
Italy401:1,528,91781,534
Austria311:274,69131,731
Israel181:475,42436,085
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
France31:22,140,907385,998
China21:683,660,78330,601
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
England11:55,718,059489,080
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:512,43635,831

The alternate forms: Lünz (63) are calculated separately.

Lunz (146) may also be a first name.

Lunz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) From Louans, a town in France. In Hebrew it became Loantz which was rendered in Polish as Lunz.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Lunz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lunz is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Lünz. Click here for further potential spellings of Lunz.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 147,841st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,434,863 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Lunz live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe. Lunz is also the 763,528th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 146 people.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,570 people, or 1 in 51,277. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 86 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found and Hesse, where 3 percent are found. Barring Germany it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.

Lunz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lunz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lunz surname expanded 848 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lunz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lunz surname are 22.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Lunz earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 327.31% more than the national average, earning R 1,015,440 per year; in Colombia they earn 50.8% more than the national average, earning $34,235,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.99% more than the national average, earning $46,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.27% more than the national average, earning $60,250 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lünz9263/
Luntz89603/
Lunze89314/
Luncz89106/
Lunzd891/
Lundz891/
Lounz891/
Launtz8036/
Lucenz8020/
Launze805/
Luntze801/
Liunze801/
Lountz800/
Lundtz800/
Luns75275/
Lonz75190/
Lunc7554/
Lunx751/
Lautenz731/
Lunch67248/
Lunje67187/
Lunts67160/
Lunce67136/
Lunse6788/
Lunci6781/
Luins6744/
Lüntz6733/
Loncz6727/
Liuns6725/
Launs6717/
Louns6710/
Luschenz679/
Lunås679/
Lunds677/
Liunx671/
Loenz671/
Lunsh671/
Luncs671/
Lunsp671/
Leuns670/
Loonz670/

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