de Luca Surname

5,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

de Luca Surname Definition:

(Italian) The son of Luca (light).

de Luca Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy77,4901:78917
Argentina7,0151:6,093633
Brazil5,1151:41,8521,693
France2,0631:32,1973,921
Australia1,6851:16,0212,256
United States1,6201:223,74021,657
Canada1,4191:25,9663,487
Switzerland8091:10,1521,664
Venezuela6651:45,4202,351
Belgium4871:23,6073,718
England4871:114,41111,716
Spain3881:120,4959,387
Ecuador2591:61,4135,121
Germany2401:335,43933,076
Uruguay1891:18,1572,052
Chile1741:101,2443,808
Mexico1601:775,78911,461
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Panama731:53,5932,554
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Scotland461:116,3877,543
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Ireland361:130,8046,280
Sweden351:281,33619,530
San Marino341:977211
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Croatia111:384,41933,360
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Monaco91:4,118434
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Wales81:386,81619,671
Estonia81:165,22626,217
China71:195,331,65210,124
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Malta41:107,5681,849
Curaçao41:39,312638
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

de Luca (23) may also be a first name.

de Luca Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Italian) The son of Luca (light).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
DNA test information
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de Luca Demographics

Average Male de Luca Height

174.18 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 169 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Luca Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Luca Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Luca is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Luca? popularity and diffusion

de Luca is the 5,596th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 72,135 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of de Luca live; 77 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent live in Italic Europe. de Luca is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 23 people.

This surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 77,490 people, or 1 in 789. In Italy de Luca is most common in: Campania, where 27 percent are found, Lazio, where 15 percent are found and Calabria, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Italy this surname occurs in 87 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

de Luca Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Luca has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Luca last name expanded 9,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 24,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Luca Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Luca earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4.16% more than the national average, earning €31,279 per year; in Peru they earn 55.21% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,683 per year; in South Africa they earn 109.04% more than the national average, earning R 496,752 per year; in United States they earn 57.34% more than the national average, earning $67,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $52,880 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lucia9314,879/
de Lucas939,733/
de Lucca936,198/
de Lucha932/
de Louca931/
de Lucìa931/
de Lucaz931/
de Lucka931/
de Lucoa931/
de Lucea930/
de Luccas88497/
de Leucas886/
di Luca866,477/
de Luce86202/
De-Luca8693/
de Luco8635/
de Luka8631/
de Lucy8630/
de Luza8619/
de Luci8618/
de Lusa8610/
da Luca869/
de Lica867/
de Loca861/
de Lucé861/
de Lucio804,380/
di Lucia801,367/
di Lucca80600/
de Luisa80296/
de Luchi80251/
de Luzia80186/
de Lucci8092/
de Louza8053/
di Lucas8040/
de Lousa8028/
de Lucie8026/
de Luiza8025/
da Lucia809/
de Lucco808/
da Lucca808/
de Leusa808/
de Leuza807/
de Luccy806/
de Luche806/
de Lauza805/
De-Lucia804/
De-Lucca803/
de Leuce803/
de Lucho801/
da Lucas801/
de Lúcas801/
de Lúcia801/
de Locca801/
de Lausa801/
de Lucky801/
de Lucey800/
de Lucchi75863/
de Louche7531/
de Luchio7510/
di Luccas755/
de Leucio754/
de Lucios753/
de Laucey752/
de Laucho751/
de Lucker751/
da Luccas751/
de Luckio751/
de Loza711,458/
de Luze71175/
de Luycker7142/
de Luzy7140/
de Luke7133/
Di-Luca7125/
da Luza7121/
de Luzi7114/
di Luce718/
da Loca718/
de Luky715/
de Lujo714/
de Luso714/
de Luki712/
De-Luce712/
de Lico711/
de Luzo711/
di Luco711/
di Lica711/
di Luka711/
de Loco710/
de Luque671,238/
de Lauso67150/
di Lucio6792/
di Lucci6751/
de Locio6745/
de Luzio6741/
de Leuze6733/
da Luzia6726/
de Lorza6721/
Di-Lucia6715/
de Locco6715/
de Luzie6713/
da Luzea6713/
da Lucie6710/
di Luisa679/
de Luqui679/
de Lúcio678/
de Luizi678/
da Luiza676/
da Luisa675/
da Lucio672/
di Lugia671/
di Leuce671/
de Lukes671/
de Luzko671/
de Lauzo671/
di Luzia671/
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