Luden

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Luden is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 19K
  • FIFinland1 in 75K

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.

United States (measured from records)

192 people, 2010

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Botswana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Luden 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 Luden is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1921 in 1.7M302Luden121
BW Botswana#212≈120 est.≈1 in 19K—Luden1
ZA South Africa—≈78 est.≈1 in 726K—Luden8
FI Finland—741 in 75K74——
CA Canada—≈72 est.≈1 in 524K—Luden15
SE Sweden—551 in 186K55—2
IE Ireland—≈14 est.≈1 in 375K—Luden1
JM Jamaica—≈7 est.≈1 in 427K—Luden1

192 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Luden is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ludeñ

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, South Africa

    Also written Ludeñ, Ludén

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ludeñ

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil

    Also written Ludeñ, Ludén

  • Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Ludeñ, Ludén

30 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)

Luden is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, plural of lude (“sound”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of ludir

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, genitive singular of Lude

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, fuzzy, hairy

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950Jacob Hendriksz. Luden, b. 1765Heinrich Luden, b. 1778Heinrich Luden, b. 1810Jack Luden, b. 1902

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)

FormalDear Luden,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Luden
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020302#69,958
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000286#64,934
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010192#95,115
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#36,695
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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

How do you pronounce Luden?
A machine transcription gives /ɫudən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Luden have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 192 people named Luden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled luden.
How common is the name Luden?
In the United States, the national register counted 192 people named Luden in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
How common is Luden compared with other names?
In Botswana, Luden is the 212th most common surname of 987 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Luden” — the 212th most common surname in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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