Last Name LUKE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Luke. Lucas was the more popular form. Yet the diminutives seem formed from Luke. Also, local. 'of Luke,' i.e. Liege.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Russian, Spanish, Irish, Croatian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank 1,940 (2000 US census) 2,105 (1990 US census)
Count 17,016 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.28%, or 12810 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.14%, or 2406 total occurrences, as black,
  • 5.39%, or 917 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.06%, or 180 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.13%, or 362 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2%, or 340 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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