How common is the surname Look?

4,222 people in the United States had the surname Look in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,128 Americans. It ranked 7,843rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Look?

In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Look identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Look getting more or less common?

More common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,222 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Look also a first name?

Yes. Look is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Look

A patronymic surname, carried by 4,222 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Look is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

From Luke (“a given name”).

Look is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,222 people named Look in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,128 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,037.

#7,843

rank among US surnames

4,222

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,596)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,838	Dutra	4,225	73,076
#7,841	Sperling	4,224	73,093
#7,842	Paden	4,223	73,110
#7,843	Look	4,222	73,128
#7,844	Glasser	4,221	73,145

Who is named Look

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

72% of people named Look identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Look

Look has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Questions

Where does the surname Look come from?: From Luke (“a given name”).
How common is the surname Look?: 4,222 people in the United States had the surname Look in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,128 Americans. It ranked 7,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Look?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Look identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
What type of surname is Look?: Look is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Look getting more or less common?: More common. 4,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,222 in 2010, up 4.6%.
Is Look also a first name?: Yes. Look is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.