Lübeck Surname

261,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lübeck Surname User-submission:

This is a German surname, denoting someone who came from Lübeck ('lovely place'), in Schleswig-Holstein.

Lübeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,3141:61,2677,869
Sweden971:101,5137,360
Denmark521:108,55210,139
Norway111:467,48139,375
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Lubeck (1,721) are calculated separately.

Lübeck Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, denoting someone who came from Lübeck ('lovely place'), in Schleswig-Holstein.

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Lübeck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lübeck occurs most in Germany. It may occur as a variant: Lubeck. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lübeck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lübeck is the 261,888th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,864,850 people. Lübeck is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lübeck are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 1,314 people, or 1 in 61,267. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Berlin, where 9 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 6 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Lübeck Last Name Statistics demography

Lübeck earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning 288,571 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lubeck941,721/
Lübecke9211/
Lübek9136/
Libeck8389/
Lübeke8311/
Lübecková802/
Luebeck77353/
Lubecke77134/
Loebeck7720/
Leubeck778/
Hlubeck772/
Laubeck772/
Loubeck771/
Lübicke771/
Lubieck771/
Lubek73314/
Libek73159/
Lubec7368/
Lobek7333/
Lobec7330/
Lübik738/
Luisbeck710/
Hlubek67511/
Lubick67291/
Lobeek67167/
Libäck67116/
Lubeek67111/
Loubek67106/
Lubeke6786/
Lusbec6776/
Libick6766/
Libekk6760/
Lobekk6758/
Liebek6747/
Lyubek6745/
Laubek6721/
Liubec6714/
Lubiec6713/
Libiec6710/
Luebek677/
Lubyck676/
Libecq673/
Liebec672/
Luveck672/
Libiek671/
Hlúbek671/
Lobiec671/
Loweck670/
Leubec670/
Liveck670/

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