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

Luntz, 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 Luntz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luntz in America

Luntz is the 79075th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luntz surname appeared 241 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 Luntz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luntz 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 Luntz

The surname Luntz is of German origin, deriving from the Old German "lunz" meaning "left" or "lefthanded". It emerged as a descriptive surname during the medieval period, likely referring to an ancestor who was left-handed.

The earliest known record of the name dates back to the 13th century in the town of Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. A man named Johannes Luntz was mentioned in a local tax register from 1284. Around this time, variations like Lunze and Luntze were also seen in nearby regions.

By the 15th century, the name had spread across northern Germany and into neighboring areas like Pomerania and Silesia. An entry in a 1436 church record from Greifswald listed a Peter Luntz among the local residents.

One of the earliest individuals of note bearing this surname was Johann Luntz, a Protestant theologian born in Lüneburg in 1555. He studied at the University of Wittenberg and later became a prominent pastor in Braunschweig.

In the 17th century, Hans Luntz (1592-1653) was a respected maker of scientific instruments in Nuremberg. His precision sundials and astronomical clocks were highly sought after by scholars and nobility across Europe.

The surname also has connections to several place names in Germany. For example, the village of Luntz in Saxony likely derives from the same linguistic roots. Additionally, there was a noble family named von Luntz who held lands near the town of Luntzberg in Bavaria during the Middle Ages.

Another notable bearer was Gottlieb Luntz (1722-1786), a German architect active in the Baroque and Rococo styles. He designed several churches and palaces, including the famous Nymphenburg Palace chapel in Munich.

In the 19th century, Johann Luntz (1825-1901) was a respected botanist and professor at the University of Graz in Austria. He made important contributions to the study of Alpine flora and published multiple volumes on plant taxonomy.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luntz

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

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

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