Lüderitz Surname
Approximately 1,034 people bear this surname
Lüderitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,029 | 1:78,237 | 9,896 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Luderitz (228) & Lûderitz (1) are calculated separately.
Lüderitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lüderitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lüderitz is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Luderitz or Lûderitz. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lüderitz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 352,406th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,047,917 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lüderitz are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Lüderitz is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 1,029 people, or 1 in 78,237. In Germany Lüderitz is most prevalent in: Brandenburg, where 24 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 22 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Aside from Germany Lüderitz exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luderitz | 96 | 228 | / |
| Lûderitz | 96 | 1 | / |
| Lüderetz | 88 | 1 | / |
| Leideritz | 82 | 191 | / |
| Luederitz | 82 | 40 | / |
| Liederitz | 82 | 3 | / |
| Loderitez | 82 | 1 | / |
| Leutritz | 75 | 66 | / |
| Leitritz | 75 | 33 | / |
| Luderits | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leuteritz | 71 | 618 | / |
| Leiteritz | 71 | 455 | / |
| Luediritz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Luederetz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ledortz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lauderites | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luderez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leoderites | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laderts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leitereitz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lüderitz
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