Lutke

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph) or of a short form of another Germanic personal name formed leud

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

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

Lutke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 60K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 823K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 136K

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 Lutke 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)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 60K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Luetke in BZ Belize, FI Finland and Lütke in DE Germany.

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) or of a short form of another Germanic personal name formed leud. Hut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ (see Lueth) as the first element. Compare Luedecke.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lutke 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 Lutke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 60K—Lütke56
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈560 est.≈1 in 182K—Lutke1
US United States4041 in 823K425Lutke138
BR Brazil3161 in 670K316—1
NL Netherlands1271 in 136K127Lutke22
FI Finland≈12 est.≈1 in 463K—Luetke1
BZ Belize≈4 est.≈1 in 94K—Luetke1

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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); 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)

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

  • Spanish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina

    Also written Lütke

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lütké, Lütke

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lütke

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Lütke

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Lütke

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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 Lutke,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Lutke
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020425#52,687
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010404#51,512
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000393#50,055
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—316#25,259
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007127#15,627
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

Where does the name Lutke come from?
from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph) or of a short form of another Germanic personal name formed leud. Hut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ (see Lueth) as the first element. Compare Luedecke. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Lutke?
A machine transcription gives /luki/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Lutke mean?
Recorded meaning: from a pet form of the personal name Ludolf (see Ludolph) or of a short form of another Germanic personal name formed leud.
In which country does Lutke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Lutke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lütke.
How common is the name Lutke?
In the United States, the national register counted 404 people named Lutke in 2010, about 1 in 823 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, “Lutke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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