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

Luth, 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 Luth surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Luth in America

Luth is the 24260th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Luth surname appeared 1,034 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 Luth.

We can also compare 2010 data for Luth 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 Luth

The surname Luth originated in Germany during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old German word "lut," meaning "people" or "folk." The earliest known spelling of the name was "Luth," which appeared in records from the 12th century in the region of Saxony.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Luth was Johannes Luth, a merchant who lived in the city of Leipzig in the late 15th century. Another notable bearer of the name was Martin Luth, a Lutheran theologian born in Wittenberg in 1483, who played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation.

The Luth name can be found in various historical documents, including the Domesday Book, a record of landowners in England compiled in 1086 by order of William the Conqueror. In the book, the name appears as "Lut," likely referring to individuals of German descent residing in England at the time.

During the Middle Ages, the Luth family possessed lands and properties in several German states, including Saxony, Thuringia, and Bavaria. Some notable figures from this period include Heinrich Luth (1490-1564), a German composer and music theorist, and Konrad Luth (1515-1590), a Lutheran theologian and reformer.

In the 17th century, the Luth surname gained prominence in the Netherlands, where it was sometimes spelled as "Luyt" or "Luyten." One notable bearer of the name from this period was Jacobus Luth (1623-1681), a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his still-life and genre paintings.

As the centuries passed, the Luth surname continued to spread across Europe and eventually to other parts of the world, including North America and Australia, where it can be found among descendants of German and Dutch immigrants.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Luth

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

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

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