Lucky Surname
Approximately 133,195 people bear this surname
Lucky 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 SurnameLucky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93,502 | 1:1,895 | 255 |
| Bangladesh | 26,405 | 1:6,035 | 545 |
| United States | 3,456 | 1:104,878 | 11,531 |
| India | 1,783 | 1:430,211 | 22,443 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Indonesia | 919 | 1:143,906 | 14,207 |
| Uganda | 854 | 1:45,713 | 5,657 |
| Kenya | 765 | 1:60,366 | 5,907 |
| Pakistan | 415 | 1:430,467 | 7,888 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Botswana | 370 | 1:5,911 | 961 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Israel | 231 | 1:37,046 | 5,117 |
| Canada | 185 | 1:199,165 | 19,489 |
| South Africa | 173 | 1:313,166 | 29,785 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| England | 126 | 1:442,207 | 29,452 |
| United Arab Emirates | 123 | 1:74,490 | 6,943 |
| Afghanistan | 109 | 1:294,983 | 4,713 |
| Liberia | 91 | 1:48,445 | 4,348 |
| China | 87 | 1:15,716,340 | 917 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 85 | 1:16,047 | 2,005 |
| Marshall Islands | 84 | 1:617 | 130 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Iran | 68 | 1:1,129,155 | 49,899 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Thailand | 46 | 1:1,535,616 | 206,021 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Vietnam | 21 | 1:4,411,717 | 2,377 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 503 | 1:99,838 | 10,142 |
The alternate forms: Lucký (141) are calculated separately.
Lucky (449,391) may also be a first name.
Lucky 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.
(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. Fortunate. 2. A corruption of Lockey, a local name.
1. From Luke. 2. From Lucca, in Italy. There is however the German Glück.
Luck was the name of the rector of Sevington in 1727; and in the reign of Elizabeth, Richard Luck owned Newhall manor, Sheppey (H.).
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Lucky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lucky Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lucky (Arabic: اكي, Hindi: लकी, Marathi: लुच्क्यावण, Oriya: ଲକି, Tibetan: ལ་ཀི་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Lucký. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lucky? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,215th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,713 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Lucky reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lucky is also the 2,270th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 449,391 people.
Lucky is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 93,502 people, or 1 in 1,895. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 66 percent are found, Delta, where 10 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 124 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Lucky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lucky has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lucky surname grew 687 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lucky Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Lucky surname is primarily Presbyterian (71%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Lucky last name are 8.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.27% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lucky earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.15% less than the national average, earning R 94,704 per year; in United States they earn 15.53% less than the national average, earning $36,448 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.56% more than the national average, earning $55,427 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lucky Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲକି | laki | 99.25 |
| ଲୁକି | luki | 0.75 |
| Lucky in the Hindi language | ||
| लकी | laki | 64.04 |
| लक्की | lakki | 35.96 |
| Lucky in the Marathi language | ||
| लुच्क्यावण | luckyavana | 33.33 |
| लुच्क्य | luckya | 33.33 |
| लुच् | luc | 33.33 |
| Lucky in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལ་ཀི་ | laki | 22.22 |
| ལག་སྐྱིད། | lakkyi | 11.11 |
| ལག་སྐྱིད་ | lakkyi | 11.11 |
| ལྷ་སྐྱིད་ | lhakyi | 11.11 |
| ལག་སྐྱི་ | lakkyi | 11.11 |
| ལགས་སྐྱིད་ | lakkyi | 11.11 |
| ལག་ཀི་ | lakki | 11.11 |
| ལགས་སྐྱི་ | lakkyi | 11.11 |
| Lucky in the Arabic language | ||
| اكي | aky | - |
| لاكي | laky | - |
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