How common is the surname Lukes?

1,740 people in the United States had the surname Lukes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,440 Americans. It ranked 16,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lukes getting more or less common?

More common. 1,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,740 in 2010, up 2.1%.

Is Lukes also a first name?

Yes. Lukes 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 Lukes

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,740 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lukes is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

From the given name Luke.

Lukes 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 1,740 people named Lukes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,440 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,705.

#16,509

rank among US surnames

1,740

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,725)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,502	Kittredge	1,741	177,338
#16,509	Everman	1,740	177,440

Who is named Lukes

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

86% of people named Lukes identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lukes

Lukes has the Soundex code L220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L220.

Questions

Where does the surname Lukes come from?: From the given name Luke.
How common is the surname Lukes?: 1,740 people in the United States had the surname Lukes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,440 Americans. It ranked 16,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lukes?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lukes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Lukes?: Lukes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lukes getting more or less common?: More common. 1,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,740 in 2010, up 2.1%.
Is Lukes also a first name?: Yes. Lukes 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.