Lützen Surname

328,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Lützen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lützen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5481:146,90817,688
Denmark4671:12,0871,154
Faroe Islands911:53884
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

The alternate forms: Lutzen (418) & Lützén (6) are calculated separately.

Lützen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lützen is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Lutzen or Lützén. For other potential spellings of Lützen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lützen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 328,333rd most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. The last name Lützen occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lützen reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Lützen is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 548 people, or 1 in 146,908. In Germany Lützen is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 54 percent reside, Berlin, where 10 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 41 percent reside and The Faroe Islands, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lutzen94418/
Lützén946/
Lütjen831,141/
Litzen83209/
Lotzen83102/
Lütgen8390/
Lüttgen771,069/
Lietzen77201/
Luetzen7791/
Lotzien7752/
Lüthgen7718/
Littzen7713/
Lützing771/
Lautzen771/
Litzsen770/
Loutzen770/
Lizen73634/
Luzen7327/
Litzn731/
Lütschen7112/
Lüttchen7110/
Leutzgen718/
Lutgen671,746/
Lutjen67441/
Lotzin67203/
Litzén67198/
Lauzen67140/
Lutsen6777/
Litzan6755/
Lizoen6738/
Litzin6735/
Litzon6727/
Litsen6724/
Lutzon6716/
Luizen6711/
Lutzin674/
Luzien673/
Lutcen671/
Louzen671/
Lüchen671/
Litzèn671/
Lizien671/
Ludzen671/
Lidzen671/
Leuzen670/
Lutzan670/

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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 Lützen
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