How common is the surname Luker?

4,629 people in the United States had the surname Luker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,698 Americans. It ranked 7,210th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Luker?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Luker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Luker?

Rebecca Luker, American actress, singer and recording artist (1961–2020).

Where is the surname Luker most common?

Wikidata records people named Luker in the United States.

Is the surname Luker getting more or less common?

More common. 4,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,629 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Luker

An English occupational surname, carried by 4,629 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luker is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Either a habitational surname from the village of Lucker, in Northumberland, or an occupational surname for someone who had to watch or look after something, from Middle English lokere (“looker; watchman”).

Luker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 4,629 people named Luker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,698 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,468.

#7,210

rank among US surnames

4,629

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,205	Nickles	4,634	66,626
#7,207	Millet	4,631	66,669
#7,209	Mendieta	4,630	66,684
#7,210	Luker	4,629	66,698

Who is named Luker

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

93% of people named Luker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lukers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rebecca Luker
American actress, singer and recording artist (1961–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Loker

Surnames that sound like Luker

Luker has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Luker come from?: Either a habitational surname from the village of Lucker, in Northumberland, or an occupational surname for someone who had to watch or look after something, from Middle English lokere (“looker; watchman”).
How common is the surname Luker?: 4,629 people in the United States had the surname Luker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,698 Americans. It ranked 7,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luker?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Luker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Luker?: Rebecca Luker, American actress, singer and recording artist (1961–2020).
Where is the surname Luker most common?: Wikidata records people named Luker in the United States.
What type of surname is Luker?: Luker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Luker getting more or less common?: More common. 4,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,629 in 2010, up 3.6%.
What are other spellings of Luker?: Loker.