Last Name LUKES

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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, Czech, Slovakian, Hungarian

Rank 15,725 (2000 US census) 11,027 (1990 US census)
Count 1,705 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.69%, or 1478 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.33%, or 142 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.76%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.17%, or 37 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.47%, or 25 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

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In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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Ukrainian middle names

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