Find out how popular the last name Lauterbach is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lauterbach.

Lauterbach, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lauterbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lauterbach in America

Lauterbach is the 15099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lauterbach surname appeared 1,954 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lauterbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lauterbach to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lauterbach

The surname Lauterbach is of German origin, derived from the words "lauter" meaning "clear" or "pure" and "bach" meaning "stream" or "brook". It likely originated in the 13th or 14th century as a descriptive name for someone who lived near a clear stream or brook.

The earliest recorded instances of the Lauterbach name can be traced back to the region of Bavaria in southern Germany. In the 16th century, the name appears in various historical records and documents from towns like Bamberg and Nürnberg.

One of the earliest known bearers of the Lauterbach name was Hans Lauterbach, a German theologian and Reformer born in 1495. He was a close associate of Martin Luther and played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation.

In the 17th century, the Lauterbach name appears in various church records and tax rolls in the regions of Saxony and Silesia, indicating its spread across different parts of Germany during this period.

Johann Lauterbach, born in 1663, was a German jurist and legal scholar who authored several influential works on Roman law and legal theory. His treatise "Collegium Theorico-Practicum" was widely used in legal education throughout Europe.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, many individuals with the Lauterbach surname emigrated from Germany to other parts of Europe and the Americas, contributing to the dispersal of the name globally.

One notable figure from this time was Carl Lauterbach, a German-American artist born in 1809 in Neunkirchen, Germany. He later immigrated to the United States and became known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the American West.

In the 20th century, Paul Lauterbach, born in 1891 in Germany, gained recognition as a prominent modern dancer and choreographer. He founded the Lauterbach Dance Company and helped shape the development of modern dance in the United States.

Another individual with this surname was Wolfgang Lauterbach, a German physicist born in 1928. He made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics and was instrumental in the development of particle accelerators.

The surname Lauterbach has endured throughout history, carrying the essence of its German origins and the legacy of those who have borne this name across various fields and professions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lauterbach

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lauterbach.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lauterbach was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lauterbach has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lauterbach was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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