Luedtke
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫʊdki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Luedtke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 92K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 17Kas Lüdtke
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 30K
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 Luedtke 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)
- Sources
- 270 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,700 named Lüdtke, est.
Highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Lüdtke in DE Germany and Ludtke in IE Ireland.
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)
from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph). This is a frequent name in East and West Prussia and the Ruhr.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Luedtke 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Lüdtke | 87 |
| US United States | — | 3,607 | 1 in 92K | 3.6K | Luedtke | 270 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Luedtke | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,829as Ludtke | 1 in 116K | 1.8K | Luedtke | 27 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 216K | — | Luedtke | 2 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 92K | — | Luedtke | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Ludtke | 2 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #588 | — | — | — | Luedtke | 1 |
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; 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hans Luedtkeb. 1889PLGerman musicologist and organist
- Roland A. Luedtkeb. 1924USAmerican politician (1924–2005)
- Kurt Luedtkeb. 1939USplaywright, screenwriter (1939-2020)
- Luther Luedtkeb. 1943USbusinessperson and educator
- Corinna Luedtkeb. 1961DEGerman writer
- Simone Luedtkeb. 1971DEGerman politician
- Eric Luedtkeb. 1981USAmerican politician
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.6K | #9,061 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.5K | #8,979 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,727 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 175 | #41,015 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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
- Where does the name Luedtke come from?
- from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph). This is a frequent name in East and West Prussia and the Ruhr. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Luedtke?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫʊdki/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Luedtke mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph).
- In which country does Luedtke have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 thousand people named Lüdtke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Luedtke?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,607 people named Luedtke in 2010, about 1 in 92 thousand residents.
- How common is Luedtke compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Luedtke is the 588th most common surname of 30,187 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Luedtke?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/luedtkeThe 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
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, “Luedtke” — the 588th most common surname in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.