Lühmann

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 897 bearers; patronymic -mann to Lüh-, with -de- loss; also possible connection to place-name Lühe

Lühmann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 48K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 733K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 461K

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 Lühmann 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)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
148 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, 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 Luhmann in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and 2 more and Luehmann in CD Congo - Kinshasa.

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)

897 bearers; patronymic -mann to Lüh-, with -de- loss; also possible connection to place-name Lühe.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lühmann 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 Lühmann is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,700 est.≈1 in 48KlistedLühmann68
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈470 est.≈1 in 215K—Luehmann1
US United States4541 in 733K504Luhmann148
IT Italy≈89 est.≈1 in 700K—Luhmann1
FR France≈85 est.≈1 in 800K11—1
CA Canada≈55 est.≈1 in 683K—Luhmann20
NL Netherlands≈31 est.≈1 in 551K—Luhmann7
IE Ireland≈11 est.≈1 in 461K—Luhmann1

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; the dfa-band-2 register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Luhmann

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Luhmann

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Luhmann

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iceland

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic

    Also written Luhmann

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Luhmann

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Luhmann

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Luhmann

6 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lühmann is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Patronym mit h-Variante; zu Kurzformen von Lud(wig)/Lud(olf) oder zu Rufnamen mit ahd. liut/hlūt + man 'Mann'; Dentale: Plosive; 909 Bearer

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Patronymischer -mann-Name zu Lüh/Lüe, Kurzform eines Rufnamens; belegt mit 897 Trägern.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Lühmann
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2———
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lühmann mean, and where does it come from?
897 bearers; patronymic -mann to Lüh-, with -de- loss; also possible connection to place-name Lühe. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
In which country does Lühmann have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Lühmann in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lühmann.
How common is the name Lühmann?
In the United States, the national register counted 454 people named Lühmann in 2010, about 1 in 733 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, “Lühmann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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