Lustig Surname

48,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Lustig Surname Definition:

(German) The jolly, merry or gay man; one who came from Lustig, in Germany.

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Lustig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1721:86,8799,794
Germany2,2721:35,4344,681
Israel8171:10,4741,599
France5701:116,53117,546
Finland3681:14,9372,193
Netherlands3631:46,5217,918
Austria3061:27,8284,423
Poland2231:170,44323,608
Sweden2201:44,7583,522
Canada1921:191,90418,895
Czechia1761:60,41710,119
Croatia1301:32,5286,662
Australia1191:226,85521,510
England1131:493,08031,588
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Brazil741:2,892,89685,224
South Africa611:888,15957,770
Switzerland581:141,60213,683
Slovakia381:140,43325,488
Chile341:518,13213,148
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Wales131:238,04114,239
Costa Rica101:478,0074,148
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
China51:273,464,31313,838
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Hungary41:2,454,06961,891
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:469,33333,530

The alternate forms: Luštig (5) are calculated separately.

Lustig (25) may also be a first name.

Lustig Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The jolly, merry or gay man; one who came from Lustig, in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a male ancestor) A name, meaning “joyful” in German, often selected as a translation of the Hebrew Simhah.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Lustig is a Germanic surname, probably Swedish, derived from the same word meaning 'funny'. Examples include Swedish footballer Mikael Lustig.

- aris.dryg11

Lustig Last Name Facts

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

Lustig (Russian: Лустиг) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Luštig. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lustig? popularity and diffusion

Lustig is the 48,790th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 690,305 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Lustig reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lustig is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,172 people, or 1 in 86,879. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 16 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 59 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 22 percent are found and Israel, where 8 percent are found.

Lustig Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lustig has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 3,899 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 942 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lustig Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lustig last name are 3.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.2% registered with the party.

The amount Lustig earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.48% more than the national average, earning 489,645 kr per year; in Peru they earn 262.14% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,200 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.31% less than the national average, earning R 234,528 per year; in United States they earn 18.33% more than the national average, earning $51,058 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.23% more than the national average, earning $53,774 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luštig945/
Lusztig92179/
Lustigh928/
Leustig926/
Lyustig925/
Lutig913/
L'Lustig861/
Lusztigh861/
Lustigue861/
Luttig83853/
Lustik83264/
Lustic83115/
Lusteg8348/
Listig8345/
Luthig838/
Lostig834/
Lutigs831/
Lustigová80205/
Lustigova807/
Lustick77130/
Lyustik7778/
Hlustik7753/
Lustiks7727/
Leustik7725/
Lisztig7720/
Liustik773/
Loustic772/
Lustike771/
Luesteg770/
Lusztigová752/
Lutic731,049/
Lutik7322/
Lutiq739/
Lotig732/
Hlustick717/
Lyustikh711/
Lustikova671,604/
Lüttig67801/
Lyutik67773/
Lustyk67561/
Luttik67430/
Lottig67347/
Listik67148/
Lustek67118/
Liutic67107/
Lutick6768/
Leutik6743/
Lostik6731/
Lustiková6726/
Luštik6717/
Lautik6713/
Listyg677/
Lostic672/
Liutik671/
Luthik671/
Lautic671/
Lutheg671/

Lustig Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lustig in the Russian language
Лустигlustig-

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