How common is the surname Luckett?

7,790 people in the United States had the surname Luckett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,634 Americans. It ranked 4,547th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Luckett?

LeToya Luckett, American R&B singer.

Where is the surname Luckett most common?

Wikidata records people named Luckett in the United States.

Is the surname Luckett getting more or less common?

More common. 7,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,790 in 2010, up 7.4%.

Is Luckett also a first name?

Yes. Luckett 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 Luckett

An English patronymic surname, carried by 7,790 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luckett is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,790 people named Luckett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,634 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,254.

#4,547

rank among US surnames

7,790

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,504)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,538	Yount	7,817	39,497
#4,539	Hair	7,814	39,512
#4,541	Vanwinkle	7,811	39,527
#4,542	Caldera	7,802	39,573
#4,543	Deboer	7,798	39,593
#4,544	Bricker	7,792	39,623
#4,546	DeAngelis	7,791	39,628

Who is named Luckett

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

56% of people named Luckett identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Lucketts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

LeToya Luckett
American R&B singer, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Luckett

Luckett has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Luckett come from?: From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.
How common is the surname Luckett?: 7,790 people in the United States had the surname Luckett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,634 Americans. It ranked 4,547th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luckett?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Luckett identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Luckett?: LeToya Luckett, American R&B singer.
Where is the surname Luckett most common?: Wikidata records people named Luckett in the United States.
What type of surname is Luckett?: Luckett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Luckett getting more or less common?: More common. 7,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,790 in 2010, up 7.4%.
Is Luckett also a first name?: Yes. Luckett 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.