# Duke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/duke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of a duke, or from a nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,053 |
| US rank (2010) | 995 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,808 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (33,745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /duːk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Duke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Duke in the United States, Australia, the Russian Empire, Canada and Brazil.

## People named Duke

- Patty Duke, American actress (1946–2016)
- Mitchell Duke, Australian association football player
- Charles Duke, American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)
- David Duke, American white nationalist and politician
- James Buchanan Duke, American businessman (1856–1925)
- George Duke, American musician (1946–2013)
- Clark Duke, American actor
- Bill Duke, American actor and director (born 1943)
- Vernon Duke, American composer (1903-1969)
- Doris Duke, American heiress, philanthropist and billionaire (1912-1993)
- Annie Duke, American poker player (b. 1965)
- David Duke Jr., American basketball player (born 1999)

and 8 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Duque, Dyke, Duck, Dake, Dike, Ducey, Duce, Diaz, Dickey, Doss, Dick, Desai.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.