Ludka

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ludka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Probably a variant, under Slavic influence, of German Ludke.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 122K
  • PLPoland1 in 144K

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.

Poland (measured from records)

265 people, 2026

Sources
111 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 122K (inferred from the name graph)

Liberia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Probably a variant, under Slavic influence, of German Ludke.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ludka 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 Ludka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland2651 in 144K135——
US United States2501 in 1.3M253Ludka111
BR Brazil1041 in 2M104——
LR Liberia≈42 est.≈1 in 122K—Ludka1
CZ Czechia371 in 289K768—1
CA Canada≈26 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Ludka3

265 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

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

  • Czech given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Luďka, Ľudka

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Ľudka

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Luďka

28 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Ludka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020253#80,815
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010250#76,768
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000230#77,472
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026135—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—135#23,484
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026130—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—130#23,758
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—104#61,505
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—37#36,010
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—37#12,101
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

What does the name Ludka mean, and where does it come from?
Probably a variant, under Slavic influence, of German Ludke. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Ludka have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 265 people named Ludka, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ludka?
In Poland, the national register counted 265 people named Ludka in 2026, about 1 in 144 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, “Ludka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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