Looke Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Looke Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Luke'; v. Luke. This variant is found in Somerset.
1747. Married — John Look and Ann Whitcombe: St. George, Hanover Square.
Looke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 160 | 1:503,159 | 42,903 |
| United States | 122 | 1:2,970,975 | 173,956 |
| Australia | 77 | 1:350,594 | 29,558 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 1:809,979 | 50,387 |
Looke (12) may also be a first name.
Looke Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Luke'; v. Luke. This variant is found in Somerset.
1747. Married — John Look and Ann Whitcombe: St. George, Hanover Square.
For Luke, q.v.
Looke Demographics
Average Looke Salary in
United States
$56,296 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Looke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Looke occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Looke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Looke is the 674,066th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Looke are found; 36 percent are found in Western Europe and 36 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 503,159. In Germany Looke is primarily found in: Saxony, where 46 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 17 percent reside.
Looke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Looke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Looke last name rose 197 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Looke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Looke surname are 22.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76% registered with the political party.
Looke earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.47% more than the national average, earning $56,296 USD per year.
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