Lühning Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Lühning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lühning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1471:547,65645,370
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Luhning (167) are calculated separately.

Lühning Last Name Facts

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

Lühning is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Luhning. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lühning? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,348,199th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Lühning are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Lühning is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Lühning is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent are found, Hamburg, where 17 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 7 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

Lühning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lühning has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luhning95167/
Lüning921,682/
Lünning861/
Loehning8067/
Luehning8013/
Lining771,172/
Luning77971/
Loning77111/
Lühnen7745/
Luhnin770/
Liening71916/
Lunning71500/
Leuning71389/
Lonning71382/
Luining71210/
Luening71183/
Løining71147/
Liuning71115/
Loening71113/
Launing7123/
Lüninck713/
Lininng711/
Lumning711/
Lutning710/
Lunin677,500/
Linin67442/
Loenning675/
Lünen672/

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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 Lühning
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