Lunz Surname
Approximately 2,993 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,570 | 1:51,277 | 6,686 |
| United States | 831 | 1:436,172 | 37,541 |
| Brazil | 383 | 1:558,941 | 20,909 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 98 | 1:512,436 | 35,831 |
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.
Lunz Demographics
Average Lunz Salary in
United States
$46,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lunz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lunz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lunz has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Lünz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lunz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lunz is the 147,841st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,434,863 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Lunz reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 763,528th most common first name at a global level, held by 146 people.
The surname Lunz is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 1,570 people, or 1 in 51,277. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 86 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live and Hesse, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany Lunz occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.
Lunz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lunz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lunz last name grew 848 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lunz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lunz last name are 22.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.62% registered with the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lünz | 92 | 63 | / |
| Luntz | 89 | 603 | / |
| Lunze | 89 | 314 | / |
| Luncz | 89 | 106 | / |
| Lunzd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lundz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lounz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Launtz | 80 | 36 | / |
| Lucenz | 80 | 20 | / |
| Launze | 80 | 5 | / |
| Luntze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Liunze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lountz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lundtz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Luns | 75 | 275 | / |
| Lonz | 75 | 190 | / |
| Lunc | 75 | 54 | / |
| Lunx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lautenz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lunch | 67 | 248 | / |
| Lunje | 67 | 187 | / |
| Lunts | 67 | 160 | / |
| Lunce | 67 | 136 | / |
| Lunse | 67 | 88 | / |
| Lunci | 67 | 81 | / |
| Luins | 67 | 44 | / |
| Lüntz | 67 | 33 | / |
| Loncz | 67 | 27 | / |
| Liuns | 67 | 25 | / |
| Launs | 67 | 17 | / |
| Louns | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luschenz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lunås | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lunds | 67 | 7 | / |
| Liunx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lunsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luncs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lunsp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leuns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loonz | 67 | 0 | / |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lunz
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