How common is the surname Luckey?

5,434 people in the United States had the surname Luckey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,817 Americans. It ranked 6,288th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Luckey?

Bud Luckey, American animator (1934–2018), followed by Palmer Luckey.

Where is the surname Luckey most common?

Wikidata records people named Luckey in the United States.

Is the surname Luckey getting more or less common?

More common. 4,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,434 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Luckey

A surname, carried by 5,434 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luckey is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,434 people named Luckey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,817 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,999.

#6,288

rank among US surnames

5,434

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,278)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,284	O'Quinn	5,439	56,765
#6,285	Agarwal	5,436	56,796
#6,286	Markey	5,435	56,807
#6,288	Mader	5,434	56,817
#6,290	Plata	5,432	56,838
#6,291	Ridgway	5,429	56,870

Who is named Luckey

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

56% of people named Luckey identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Luckeys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bud Luckey
American animator (1934–2018)
Palmer Luckey
American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift, born 1992
Q Lazzarus
American singer (1960–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Luckey

Luckey 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 Luckey?: 5,434 people in the United States had the surname Luckey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,817 Americans. It ranked 6,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luckey?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Luckey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Luckey?: Bud Luckey, American animator (1934–2018), followed by Palmer Luckey.
Where is the surname Luckey most common?: Wikidata records people named Luckey in the United States.
Is the surname Luckey getting more or less common?: More common. 4,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,434 in 2010, up 8.7%.