How rare is the last name Luther?

13,027 people in the United States have the last name Luther, about 1 in 22,945. It ranks #2,702 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LUTHER

#2,702

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,027
About
1 in 22,945
This common or more
51.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,027 people with the last name Luther, 85.1% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as two or more races and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Luther

#2,700 Alley · 13,032#2,701 Strauss · 13,031#2,703 Aparicio · 13,025#2,704 Bourgeois · 13,021

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luther, most common first.

#31,961 Lutter · 774#33,699 Luter · 727

Also a first name

As a first name, Luther ranks #1,618 of 53,615, with 19,674 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1922, with 1,490 births. See Luther as a first name

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