Explore the Family Name Lutgen

The meaning of Lutgen

North German (Lütgen): from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with liud ‘people, tribe’ or hlūd ‘famous’ as the first element (see for example Luther, Ludwig).

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How common is the last name Lutgen in the United States?

The surname Lutgen saw a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked the 29,815th most popular name, with a count of 744 individuals carrying the surname. By 2010, this ranking improved to 29,502 with a count of 800 individuals, marking a 7.53% increase in the number of people carrying the Lutgen surname. However, the proportion of individuals with the surname per 100k fell by 3.57%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,815	#29,502	1.05%
Count	744	800	7.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lutgen

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Lutgen surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease of 1.93%. Interestingly, there was an over 112% increase in those identifying with two or more races, climbing from 0.94% in 2000 to 2% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a decline of nearly 30%, dropping from 1.61% in 2000 to 1.13% in 2010. The proportion identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw a small increase of about 20%. There were no individuals with the Lutgen surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.24%	94.38%	-1.93%
Two or More Races	0.94%	2%	112.77%
Hispanic	1.61%	1.13%	-29.81%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.94%	1.13%	20.21%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%