How common is the last name Luke?

17,362 people in the United States have the last name Luke, about 1 in 17,216. It ranks #2,036 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LUKE

#2,036

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,362
About
1 in 17,216
This common or more
48%
Who bears it

Of the 17,362 people with the last name Luke, 69.4% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Black and 5.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Luke

#2,034 Su · 17,377#2,035 Hedrick · 17,363#2,037 Cornejo · 17,358#2,038 Kimble · 17,349

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,777 Luce · 9,158#14,109 Luk · 2,044#21,062 Luse · 1,269#22,285 Lucke · 1,185#30,466 Luka · 821#72,473 Lueke · 289#77,676 Luks · 266#99,304 Luko · 195

Also a first name

As a first name, Luke ranks #202 of 53,615, with 267,180 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 10,536 births. See Luke as a first name

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