Lebkuchen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: lebkuchen (a form of gingerbread)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/lebkut͡ʃẽ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lebkuchen is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.
- BRBrazil
- PLPoland
- PYParaguay
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)lebkuchen (a form of gingerbread)
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Lebkuchen 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, formed from Leb- / Leibkuchler, Lebküchner, Zeiter
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, A traditional German Christmas biscuit form of gingerbread.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 237 | #31,991 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 25 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 25 | #78,370 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 17 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 17 | #98,966 |
Reference works 2
- 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 Lebkuchen mean, and where does it come from?
- lebkuchen (a form of gingerbread) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Lebkuchen?
- A machine transcription gives /lebkut͡ʃẽ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Lebkuchen have the most bearers?
- Lebkuchen is most frequently recorded in Brazil.
What do you want to know about Lebkuchen?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lebkuchenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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, “Lebkuchen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.