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

Leibenguth, 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 Leibenguth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Leibenguth in America

Leibenguth is the 78316th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Leibenguth surname appeared 244 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Leibenguth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Leibenguth 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 Leibenguth

The surname LEIBENGUTH is of German origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is believed to have originated from the Low German word "lîf", meaning life or body, and the German word "gut", meaning good or property. This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who was considered to be of strong physical constitution or who possessed substantial landholdings.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various medieval documents from the regions of Saxony and Brandenburg in what is now eastern Germany. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Leibenguth, a landowner and freeman who lived in the village of Dölau near Leipzig in the late 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name appears in various church records and tax rolls from towns and villages throughout central and eastern Germany. Notable individuals from this period include Johann Leibenguth (1551-1627), a Lutheran theologian and author from Saxony, and Christoph Leibenguth (1592-1663), a jurist and professor of law at the University of Leipzig.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, as the German population began to spread across Europe and overseas, the LEIBENGUTH name can be found in various locations. For example, Johann Gottfried Leibenguth (1715-1787) was a German composer and organist who spent much of his career in the Netherlands. Carl Friedrich Leibenguth (1770-1837) was a German-born architect and civil engineer who worked on numerous projects in Russia.

Other notable individuals with the LEIBENGUTH surname include Friedrich Wilhelm Leibenguth (1805-1879), a German politician and member of the Prussian National Assembly, and Gustav Leibenguth (1860-1926), a German-American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Leibenguth Candy Company in Philadelphia.

While the LEIBENGUTH name may have originated in a specific region of Germany, it has since spread across the world through immigration and migration. However, it remains a relatively uncommon surname, with the majority of bearers still found in German-speaking countries and regions with significant German ancestry.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Leibenguth

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

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 Leibenguth 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 Leibenguth 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 Leibenguth was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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