Luman

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

• Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written লুমান

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Lüman

• Turkish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Cyprus, United States, Uzbekistan

  Also written Lüman

42 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.

Luman is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Toponymischer Familienname: im Atlas als loman/lowman belegt, wohl zu Loh oder Wohnstätte im Loh/Wäldchen; bearers not stated.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In tsg, mixed feeling of fear, profound respect, and shyness (toward someone); social distance

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, accusative singular of luma

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In vo, large man

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Richard Lumanb. 1900USAmerican football player, end (1900-1973)
• Bob Lumanb. 1937USAmerican singer (1937–1978)
• Toomas Lumanb. 1959EEEstonian businessperson (born 1959)
• Marjolein LumanNLresearcher

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).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Luman mean, and where does it come from?

Altered spelling of German Luhmann or Lohmann. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Luman?

A machine transcription gives /ˈɫumən/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Luman have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Luman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled luman.

Where is Luman most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Luman is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 42 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Luman?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,839 people named Luman in 2010, about 1 in 181 thousand residents.