The Lutz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,050 people carried this name — #1,092 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (31,940).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,777 people named Lutz live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 2,324 people named Lutz.
125 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 510 people named Lutz 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
101 people named Lutz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 160 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 62 people named Lutz live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
205 people named Lutz are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lutz in American newspapers,
1893–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 154,905 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lutz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig Lutz 1577–1642 · theologian -
Johann Peter Lutz 1622–1675 -
Markus Lutz 1772–1835 · teacher -
Meyer Lutz 1829–1903 · composer -
Franz Michael Lutz 1849–1913 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lutz.
- Lutin 281 · U.S. census
- Luton 1,669 · U.S. census
- Lutringer 106 · U.S. census
- Lutter 757 · U.S. census
- Luttmann 179 · U.S. census
- Lutton 1,250 · U.S. census
- Luu 15,702 · U.S. census
- Lux 5,796 · U.S. census
- Luz 1,848 · U.S. census
- Luze 147 · U.S. census
- Luzi 266 · U.S. census
- Luzier 713 · U.S. census
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