The Lauterbach surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,954 people carried this name — #15,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,916 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lauterbach surname
A surname transferred from the place name.
From lauter in its oldest sense “clean, clear” + Bach (“brook, stream”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lauterbach» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
135 people named Lauterbach have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 169 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Lauterbach.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Lauterbach live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Cruz.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Lauterbach live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Lauterbach is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lauterbach in American newspapers,
1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,956 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lauterbach,
with a public archive behind them.
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Erhard Lauterbach 1570–1649 · theologian -
Ulrich Thomas Lauterbach 1655–1710 · jurist -
Samuel Friedrich Lauterbach 1662–1728 · writer -
Samuel Friedrich Lauterbach 1662–1727 · writer
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Poppo Christian Lauterbach d. 1667 · secretary
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Anton Lauterbach 1502–1569 · Protestant reformer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauterbach.
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