Ludik

surname · Latin script

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

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

Ludik is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 952K
  • BEBelgium1 in 2M

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.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
30 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ludik 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 Ludik is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈1,300 est.≈1 in 42K—Ludik30
BR Brazil321 in 6.6M32——
DE Germany≈30 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Ludik28
AU Australia≈27 est.≈1 in 952K—Ludik19
GB United Kingdom≈13 est.≈1 in 5M—Ludik28
BE Belgium61 in 2M6—2

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

Ludik is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, South Africa

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Lúdik, Ludìk, Ludík

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Lüdik

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa

    Also written Lüdik

22 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)

  • Louis Ludikb. 1986ZASouth African rugby union footballer

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 Mr Ludik,
InformalHi Ludik,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Ludik
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—32#142,633
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20086#96,433

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Ludik?
A machine transcription gives /ɫudɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ludik have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Ludik in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ludik.
How common is the name Ludik?
In Brazil, the national register counted 32 people named Ludik, about 1 in 6.6 million 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, “Ludik”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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