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

Luckenbach, 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 Luckenbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luckenbach in America

Luckenbach is the 44034th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luckenbach surname appeared 489 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 Luckenbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luckenbach 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 Luckenbach

The surname Luckenbach is of German origin, derived from the Middle High German words "lucke" meaning a gap or hole, and "bach" meaning a stream. It likely originated as a topographic name, referring to a person who lived near a stream that flowed through a gap or ravine.

The earliest known recorded instance of the name Luckenbach dates back to the 14th century in the region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The name appears in historical records from the town of Kaiserslautern, where a certain Heynrich Luckenbach was mentioned in a document from 1376.

During the medieval period, the Luckenbach name was also found in other areas of southwestern Germany, such as the Black Forest region. It is possible that the name may have originated as a description of a person living near a particular stream or waterway known for flowing through a gap or ravine.

In the 16th century, the Luckenbach surname was recorded in the town of Wiesbaden, where a Johannes Luckenbach was listed as a resident in 1542. This suggests that the name had spread to various parts of Germany by that time.

One notable individual bearing the Luckenbach surname was Johann Georg Luckenbach (1619-1684), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister at the court of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Another historically significant person with this surname was Friedrich Luckenbach (1788-1855), a German-American immigrant who established the Luckenbach Line, a prominent shipping company that operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the United States, the Luckenbach name can be traced back to the 18th century, when German immigrants began settling in various regions, including Pennsylvania and Texas. One early example is Johann Jakob Luckenbach (1723-1790), a German immigrant who settled in Pennsylvania and served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War.

The surname Luckenbach has also been associated with several place names in Germany, such as the village of Luckenbach in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and the town of Luckenbach in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luckenbach

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

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

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