The LEWTER-LUTER Y-DNA Project welcomes all LUTERs and LEWTERs everywhere in the world! In the United States, most Luter - Lewters are descendants of the early Luter - Lewter families of Colonial Virginia and North Carolina. Many descendants today still live in the South, e.g, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas. We are very interested in descendants of Luter and Lewters from all over the world. Our goal is to link the Luter and Lewter families everywhere, and learn more about the origins of this surname. In Great Britain, it is believed that the name originated from a person who played the lute (a musical instrument). This may mean that not all people name Luter descend from the same ancestor, since doubtless more than one man played the lute! Let's find out for sure!