Luce Surname
Approximately 23,882 people bear this surname
Luce Surname Definition:
(French-Latin) a French form of the Latin Lucius, m., Lucia, from [v. under Lucas] (Celtic) Bel, to Luce (Old and New), Wigtown; named from the River Luce [prob. the early form of Welsh llwys, clear, pure]
Luce Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,739 | 1:26,382 | 3,318 |
| France | 4,976 | 1:13,349 | 1,332 |
| Philippines | 1,055 | 1:95,960 | 16,713 |
| Italy | 1,021 | 1:59,899 | 10,717 |
| Canada | 912 | 1:40,401 | 5,036 |
| England | 355 | 1:156,952 | 14,819 |
| Germany | 312 | 1:258,030 | 27,728 |
| Australia | 182 | 1:148,328 | 15,783 |
| Latvia | 174 | 1:11,782 | 1,748 |
| Argentina | 169 | 1:252,920 | 20,480 |
| Jersey | 157 | 1:632 | 47 |
| Mexico | 129 | 1:962,219 | 12,860 |
| Venezuela | 105 | 1:287,658 | 6,746 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1:3,015,131 | 88,032 |
| Wales | 64 | 1:48,352 | 4,540 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 261 | 1:93,392 | 9,611 |
| Jersey | 251 | 1:207 | 14 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,004 | 1:12,542 | 1,623 |
The alternate forms: Lucé (6) & Luçe (1) are calculated separately.
Luce (13,836) may also be a first name.
Luce Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French-Latin) a French form of the Latin Lucius, m., Lucia, from [v. under Lucas] (Celtic) Bel, to Luce (Old and New), Wigtown; named from the River Luce [prob. the early form of Welsh llwys, clear, pure]
(French) Descendant of Louis (hear, fight), or of Luke (light).
1. From Lucius. 2. Perhaps sometimes from the surname Lucy, anciently De Luci; from Luci, a parish of Normandy, arrond. Neufchâtel.
Luce: the Old English name for a pike, but also for a lily (the fleur de luce), has given a name to the Lucy family at Guy’s Cliff and to others elsewhere. The wife of one of my farmers was a Luce. Shakespeare got into trouble with Squire Luce, or Lucy, J.P., for poaching, and he revenged himself on him by drawing him as Justice Shallow: “Slender. A dozen white luces in their coat.
Shallow. It is an old coat.”
Actually, the Lucy family bore as arms three pikes naiant; but as Lily and Lilley it exists as a surname, taken from the sign for the Annunciation.
Luce Demographics
Luce Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Luce Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luce Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luce is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Lucé or Luçe. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luce? popularity and diffusion
The surname Luce is the 22,741st most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 305,148 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Luce are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 49,033rd most frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 13,836 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 13,739 people, or 1 in 26,382. In The United States Luce is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 87 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 percent live.
Luce Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Luce has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 343 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,280 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 467 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Luce Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Luce surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Luce surname are 12.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.19% being registered with the party.
The amount Luce earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 7.8% more than the national average, earning €32,372 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.79% more than the national average, earning R 296,556 per year; in United States they earn 1.63% more than the national average, earning $43,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.92% less than the national average, earning $45,252 CAD per year.
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Luce Reference & Research
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