Ludtke
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ludtke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: see Luedtke.
- DEGermany≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 92Kas Luedtke
- IEIreland≈1 in 105K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ludtke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 270 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Luedtke in US United States, BR Brazil, AG Antigua & Barbuda and 3 more and Lüdtke in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
see Luedtke.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ludtke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Lüdtke | 87 |
| US United States | — | 3,607as Luedtke | 1 in 92K | 3.6K | Luedtke | 270 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Luedtke | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,829 | 1 in 116K | 1.8K | Luedtke | 27 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 216K | — | Luedtke | 2 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 92K | — | Luedtke | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Ludtke | 2 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #588 | — | — | — | Luedtke | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Melissa Ludtkeb. 1951USAmerican journalist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ludtke mean?
- Recorded meaning: see Luedtke.
- In which country does Ludtke have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 thousand people named Ludtke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lüdtke.
- How common is the name Ludtke?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,829 people named Ludtke, about 1 in 116 thousand residents.
- How common is Ludtke compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Ludtke is the 588th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ludtke?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ludtkeThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ludtke” — the 588th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.