Tracing the Lichtenberg Family Name

If you carry the Lichtenberg surname, the numbers below show how often it is found. In Wikidata, Lichtenberg is listed as a German surname.

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Lichtenberg name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Surname origin

No reliable dictionary entry explains Lichtenberg, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes.

In the 2010 US Census, 1,360 Americans gave Lichtenberg as their last name (rank 19,782). That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames. For the full story, order the Lichtenberg surname pack.