Lücking

surname · Latin script

/lʏkɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lücking is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From the Old English Leofecing, a patronymic from the personal name Leofeca; compare Levick. Alternatively, a late derivative of Lovekin.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 56K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 147K
  • USUnited States1 in 830K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lucking in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CM Cameroon and 2 more.

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)

From the Old English Leofecing, a patronymic from the personal name Leofeca; compare Levick. Alternatively, a late derivative of Lovekin.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lücking 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.

Where Lücking is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,400 est.≈1 in 56K—Lücking52
CM Cameroon≈740 est.≈1 in 38K—Lucking1
GB United Kingdom≈450 est.≈1 in 147K—Lucking99
US United States4011 in 830K438Lucking161
IT Italy≈81 est.≈1 in 770K—Lucking5
DK Denmark601 in 98K60—1
NZ New Zealand≈12 est.≈1 in 401K—Lucking21

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lücking is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Lucking, Lûcking

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lucking

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Lucking

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Lucking

  • Russian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lucking

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lucking

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Lucking

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

188019001920194019601980Karl Lücking, b. 1893Andrea Bernecker-Lücking, b. 1961Andrea Lücking, b. 1961Robert Lücking, b. 1964Stefan Lücking, b. 1964

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Lücking, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Lücking
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—60#9,024

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Lücking mean, and where does it come from?
From the Old English Leofecing, a patronymic from the personal name Leofeca; compare Levick. Alternatively, a late derivative of Lovekin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
How do you pronounce Lücking?
A machine transcription gives /lʏkɪŋ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Lücking have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Lücking in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lücking.
How common is the name Lücking?
In the United States, the national register counted 401 people named Lücking in 2010, about 1 in 830 thousand residents.

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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, “Lücking”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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