How common is the last name Duke?

33,324 people in the United States have the last name Duke, about 1 in 8,969. It ranks #1,036 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DUKE

#1,036

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,324
About
1 in 8,969
This common or more
40.1%
Who bears it

Of the 33,324 people with the last name Duke, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Duke

#1,034 Baird · 33,405#1,035 Pollard · 33,334#1,037 Daugherty · 33,317#1,038 Werner · 33,291

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Duke, most common first.

#38,989 Duka · 610#39,767 Duce · 596#129,703 Duku · 137#133,930 Duk · 131

Also a first name

As a first name, Duke ranks #2,867 of 53,615, with 8,029 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2018, with 529 births. See Duke as a first name

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