Lucas Forename
391st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,723,246 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil
Lucas Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Lucas, Greek Λουκάς, of or belonging to Lucania: the name of the third Evangelist. Both Lucas and the anglicized form Luke or Luck were commonly used in the Middle Ages, The name is not found in England before the Norman Conquest, and seems to have come into use in the 12th C.
Read More About This ForenameLucas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 1,056,387 | 1:203 | 13 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 82,949 | 1:636 | 134 |
| Mozambique | - | 75,838 | 1:359 | 60 |
| South Africa | 100% | 53,670 | 1:1,016 | 119 |
| Argentina | 100% | 52,687 | 1:812 | 177 |
| United States | 100% | 48,769 | 1:7,434 | 898 |
| Angola | 100% | 46,832 | 1:576 | 108 |
| Spain | 100% | 45,726 | 1:1,018 | 176 |
| Mexico | 98% | 25,852 | 1:4,802 | 560 |
| Ecuador | - | 22,320 | 1:794 | 166 |
| Guatemala | 98% | 19,556 | 1:824 | 176 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 16,409 | 1:1,317 | 261 |
| Kenya | 100% | 16,257 | 1:2,848 | 496 |
| Peru | 100% | 10,134 | 1:3,137 | 546 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 8,767 | 1:2,695 | 628 |
| France | 100% | 8,319 | 1:7,990 | 577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,984 | 1:1,167 | 126 |
| Poland | 100% | 6,597 | 1:5,764 | 331 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6,156 | 1:7,761 | 765 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,065 | 1:2,787 | 515 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,829 | 1:5,181 | 660 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,331 | 1:19,885 | 2,076 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,362 | 1:7,596 | 1,001 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,353 | 1:2,435 | 500 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,256 | 1:2,072 | 358 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,214 | 1:6,404 | 731 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,194 | 1:2,487 | 400 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,137 | 1:42,921 | 3,321 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,716 | 1:18,855 | 2,654 |
| Chile | 94% | 3,706 | 1:4,751 | 493 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 3,651 | 1:312 | 88 |
| Australia | - | 3,535 | 1:3,864 | 575 |
| Namibia | - | 3,227 | 1:745 | 152 |
| England | 100% | 3,116 | 1:17,844 | 1,175 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,957 | 1:2,447 | 491 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,662 | 1:4,316 | 699 |
| Nicaragua | 97% | 2,514 | 1:2,394 | 432 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,411 | 1:7,098 | 892 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,352 | 1:6,558 | 964 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,183 | 1:44,287 | 1,364 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,134 | 1:4,619 | 530 |
| Portugal | - | 2,131 | 1:4,885 | 403 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,093 | 1:3,030 | 384 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,971 | 1:130,880 | 13,927 |
| India | 100% | 1,921 | 1:632,420 | 47,514 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,751 | 1:1,958 | 281 |
| Zambia | - | 1,666 | 1:9,517 | 1,065 |
| Togo | - | 1,566 | 1:4,623 | 771 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,295 | 1:23,513 | 2,296 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,228 | 1:3,181 | 607 |
| Cuba | - | 1,218 | 1:9,447 | 748 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,148 | 1:7,155 | 858 |
| Botswana | 100% | 923 | 1:2,367 | 417 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| China | - | 683 | 1:2,000,082 | 42,573 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Denmark | - | 567 | 1:9,964 | 846 |
| Austria | 100% | 550 | 1:15,480 | 798 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| New Zealand | - | 541 | 1:8,385 | 953 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 520 | 1:141,976 | 6,875 |
| Czechia | 100% | 518 | 1:20,572 | 581 |
| Uganda | 99% | 495 | 1:82,741 | 4,083 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 458 | 1:10,410 | 945 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Italy | 100% | 354 | 1:172,492 | 2,601 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Finland | 100% | 270 | 1:20,308 | 1,134 |
| Swaziland | - | 256 | 1:5,079 | 891 |
| Singapore | 100% | 255 | 1:24,655 | 4,254 |
| Benin | 100% | 251 | 1:42,135 | 3,485 |
| Ivory Coast | 95% | 229 | 1:100,768 | 6,166 |
| Ireland | 100% | 195 | 1:23,813 | 1,082 |
| Cape Verde | - | 192 | 1:2,756 | 445 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 188 | 1:13,078 | 1,028 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Congo | 75% | 172 | 1:29,123 | 2,653 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 164 | 1:12,439 | 1,718 |
| Japan | - | 158 | 1:810,038 | 13,777 |
| South Korea | 100% | 156 | 1:35,541 | 2,750 |
| Greece | 100% | 148 | 1:73,882 | 2,236 |
| Haiti | 100% | 136 | 1:78,875 | 4,760 |
| Hong Kong | - | 128 | 1:60,568 | 2,582 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 124 | 1:28,631 | 1,075 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Israel | 99% | 118 | 1:71,211 | 3,666 |
| Wales | 99% | 113 | 1:27,383 | 1,301 |
| Romania | 100% | 111 | 1:180,648 | 6,487 |
| Russia | 94% | 108 | 1:1,335,497 | 10,364 |
| Scotland | 100% | 99 | 1:54,044 | 1,644 |
| Belize | 100% | 94 | 1:3,769 | 826 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 94 | 1:1,892 | 347 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 88 | 1:208,858 | 9,203 |
| Aruba | - | 79 | 1:1,314 | 269 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 78 | 1:2,462 | 474 |
| Norway | 100% | 77 | 1:66,654 | 2,503 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Qatar | 100% | 64 | 1:37,025 | 4,951 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Jamaica | - | 59 | 1:48,868 | 2,783 |
| Seychelles | - | 58 | 1:1,598 | 376 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 47 | 1:505,738 | 28,273 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Vietnam | - | 42 | 1:2,205,312 | 3,193 |
| Micronesia | - | 37 | 1:2,878 | 384 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| Iceland | - | 28 | 1:13,072 | 1,067 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:23,238 | 1,800 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 25 | 1:54,457 | 4,742 |
| Liberia | 100% | 22 | 1:200,548 | 7,110 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 19 | 1:16,744 | 1,477 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Senegal | 92% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 14 | 1:40,289 | 1,746 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Afghanistan | - | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| Belarus | 100% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,482,331 | 4,333 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Georgia | 100% | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Slovakia | - | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 5 | 1:6,941 | 1,023 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:10,417 | 1,527 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Lúcas (2), Lücas (1) & Lùcás (1) are calculated separately.
Lucas (598,260) may also be a surname.
Lucas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Lucas, Greek Λουκάς, of or belonging to Lucania: the name of the third Evangelist. Both Lucas and the anglicized form Luke or Luck were commonly used in the Middle Ages, The name is not found in England before the Norman Conquest, and seems to have come into use in the 12th C. There are many surnames formed from Luke, Lucas and their diminutive, e.g. Luke, Lukes, Lucas, Luck, Luckett, Lucock, Lukin, Luckin &c.
Lucas Curia Regis Rolls 1196-1215, Hundred Rolls 1273. Luk, Luke Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. Apparently from Latin Lucianus (whence Lucian, q. v.) by contraction, it is now more general as a sur- than as a font-name. It was imported direct from Spanish and Portuguese, or possibly from the very similar German Lukas. See also Luke.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Gaelic form of Luke.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Lew'-kas, luminous. A fellow-labourer with St. Paul. Philem. 24.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a light: white.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Lucas Forename Popularity
Lucas Demographics
Average Male Lucas Height
174.54 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 11,918 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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