The Lude surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 210 people carried this name — #88,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is down 16% from 251 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Lude live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Lude.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Martinique.
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.
Who carried it
People named Lude,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mike Lude 1922–2024 · baseball player
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Sigrid Lude 1935– · writer
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Sigrid Lude 2000– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lude.
- Lucius 2,016 · U.S. census
- Luck 6,008 · U.S. census
- Luco 116 · U.S. census
- Lucot 147 · U.S. census
- Lucy 3,096 · U.S. census
- Luczak 1,394 · U.S. census
- Luder 167 · U.S. census
- Ludwiczak 222 · U.S. census
- Ludwig 22,380 · U.S. census
- Luengo 171 · U.S. census
- Lugan 130 · U.S. census
- Luginbuhl 418 · U.S. census
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