Luckey Surname
Approximately 7,346 people bear this surname
Luckey Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Luke,' popularly Luck and Luckie on the Scottish border.
1624. Married — Sir Samaell Lucke and Elizabeth Freeman: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1637. Baptised — Samuell, s.
Read More About This SurnameLuckey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,542 | 1:55,405 | 6,609 |
| Germany | 482 | 1:167,024 | 19,753 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Canada | 70 | 1:526,366 | 44,416 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 75 | 1:325,005 | 21,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,370 | 1:36,656 | 4,344 |
Luckey (1,725) may also be a first name.
Luckey 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,' popularly Luck and Luckie on the Scottish border.
1624. Married — Sir Samaell Lucke and Elizabeth Freeman: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1637. Baptised — Samuell, s. Sir Samuell Lake: ibid.
Lucke Moffett, for one howse, 1631: Raine's History and Antiquities of North Durham.
Hence diminutives Luckett and Luckin, which see.
(a) Local, 'of Luke,' probably Liege in the Netherlands, with which province and city we were closely related by commercial ties. Andrew Borde says in his Boke of Knowledge, 'The lond of Lewke is a pleasant countre, the chiefe towne is the cytie of Lewke. The speche is base Doche' (quoted by Lower).
Theobald de Luke, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reynen de Luke, Yorkshire, ibid.
William Lucke, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John de Lake, 1317. Writs of Parliament.
1733. Married — Richard Luckie and Jane Warden: St. George, Hanover Square.
1756. — Thomas Luck and Jane Featherston: ibid.
= Luck1 (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. e)y, -ie.
(English) Descendand of little Luck or Luke (light).
A native either of Lucca, in Italy, or of Liege, in the Netherlands. Speaking of the latter town, Andrew Borde, in his Boke of Knowledge, says: "The lond of Lewke is a pleasaunt countre; the cheefe towne is the cytie of Lewke. The speche is base Doch." Or it may be from one of the parishes of Luc-sur-mer, or Luc-le-chateau, in Normandy.
1. From Luke. 2. From Lucca, in Italy. There is however the German Glück.
From the Old Norse, Loki; nickname from the French, Lucké; from the German, Lücke; in the Domesday Book, Lochi; a personal name.
Luck was the name of the rector of Sevington in 1727; and in the reign of Elizabeth, Richard Luck owned Newhall manor, Sheppey (H.).
Luckey Demographics
Average Luckey Salary in
United States
$40,341 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Luckey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luckey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luckey (Tibetan: ལགས་ཀི་) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Luckey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luckey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Luckey is the 67,704th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 992,043 people. The last name Luckey is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Luckey live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 184,841st most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 1,725 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 6,542 people, or 1 in 55,405. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 17 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Luckey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Luckey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Luckey surname rose 478 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 3 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Luckey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Luckey last name is chiefly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Luckey last name are 9.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.51% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Luckey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning $40,341 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.01% less than the national average, earning $44,709 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Luckey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Luckey in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལགས་ཀི་ | lakki | - |
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