How Many People Have the Last Name Luke?
people had the surname Luke in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 16,000 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,409 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Luke (72.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 15.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Luke ranks #1,456. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 75.3% to 72.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Luke grew from 17,016 people in 2000 to 18,425 in 2010 (up 8.3%), and its rank fell from #1,940 to #1,961. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 6.31 to 6.25 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 17,016 | 18,425 |
| Rank | #1,940 | #1,961 |
| Per 100,000 people | 6.31 | 6.25 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Luke
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Luke: L200
👤 Luke as a First Name
Luke is a first name too: about 309,696 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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