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    The surname Louk

    A surname, carried by 1,299 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Louk: #20,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Louk #20,449, 1,299 people Louk: #20,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Louk #20,449, 1,299 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Louk is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,299 people named Louk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,679 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

    #20,449
    rank among US surnames
    1,299
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,144)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,449Louk1,299237,679
    #20,458Rencher1,298237,863

    Who is named Louk

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

    96% of people named Louk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    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 Louk

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Louk?
    1,299 people in the United States had the surname Louk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,679 Americans. It ranked 20,449th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Louk?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Louk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Louk getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,299 in 2010, down 1.1%.