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    The surname Luque

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,296 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Luque: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Luque #13,283, 2,296 people Luque: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luque #13,283, 2,296 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luque is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,296 people named Luque in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,549.

    #13,283
    rank among US surnames
    2,296
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,938)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,278Balser2,297134,413
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530

    Who is named Luque

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

    85% of people named Luque identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Luques

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leopoldo Luque
      Argentine footballer (1949–2021)
    • Vicente Luque
      Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1991

    Notable Luques come mostly from Argentina (1) and Brazil (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Luque

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luque come from?
    Luque is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Luque?
    2,296 people in the United States had the surname Luque in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. It ranked 13,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luque?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Luque identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Luque?
    Leopoldo Luque, Argentine footballer (1949–2021), followed by Vicente Luque.
    Where is the surname Luque most common?
    Wikidata records people named Luque in Argentina and Brazil.
    Is the surname Luque getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,296 in 2010, up 48%.