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The luther Surname

luther Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + heri, hari ‘army’.
  2. English: nickname from Middle English luther(e), lither(e) ‘bad’, ‘wicked’, ‘base’ (from Old English l¯ðre).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The luther name in History

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Distribution of luther Families in the US in 1920
Number of luther families
 144-285
 49-143		 1-48
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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