Lusk Surname

27,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Lusk Surname Definition:

A surname recorded in the shires of Kirkcudbright, Wigtown, and Lanark, may be of local origin from Lusk in Dublin.

Lusk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,2821:20,9732,645
Canada8091:45,5455,609
Australia3501:77,1319,013
Scotland2711:19,7562,310
England1711:325,83724,140
New Zealand1621:27,9534,881
Czechia1531:69,50011,666
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Israel601:142,62715,171
Northern Ireland381:48,5544,148
Austria361:236,54028,356
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Wales91:343,83718,086
China81:170,915,1968,932
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland881:50,3394,237
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1901:19,7011,978
England881:276,99319,333
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0461:16,4872,095

Lusk (46) may also be a first name.

Lusk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A surname recorded in the shires of Kirkcudbright, Wigtown, and Lanark, may be of local origin from Lusk in Dublin.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) Idler [Middle English luske, a form of Old French lasque (French lâche), slothful; Latin lasc-us for lax-us, loose, lax] Luskes, slovens, and kechen knaves.— Cocke Lorelles Bote, Percy Soc., vol. vi.

Note.—Lusk, or Lush, co. Dublin, is from Irish lusca, ‘a cave.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Polish, Ukranian) One who came from Luck, a city in medieval Volhynia, in Western Ukraine.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Welsh.) A burning or searing. Gaelic, Loisg, to burn.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Dublin.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Lusk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lusk (Russian: Луск) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lusk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 27,500th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 372,841 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Lusk are found; 92 percent are found in North America and 92 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Lusk is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 46 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 17,282 people, or 1 in 20,973. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and West Virginia, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Lusk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lusk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lusk surname expanded 567 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 194 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lusk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lusk surname is principally Presbyterian (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lusk last name are 16.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.74% being registered with the party.

The amount Lusk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.78% more than the national average, earning R 386,832 per year; in United States they earn 3.21% less than the national average, earning $41,766 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.19% more than the national average, earning $52,760 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luske89119/
Luisk8977/
Lusck893/
Leusk892/
Lousk891/
Llusk891/
Lushk891/
Lusks890/
Lausk890/
Luszkz805/
Luissk805/
Lauske802/
Luscke801/
Leuske801/
Ludske800/
Leusck800/
Lisk759,379/
Losk75232/
Lusc752/
Lusq751/
Lusková73371/
Luskova73107/
Luschke7311/
Lauszke735/
Lauschk732/
Lauscke731/
Leuscke731/
Lauschke67876/
Lushkova67808/
Leuschke67544/
Liesk67164/
Lüske67136/
Lyuskova6793/
Leuskova6728/
Liskh6720/
Hlusková6711/
Hluskova6710/
Luczk677/
Luszkova677/
Losck674/
Lutschke672/
Loesk672/
Liszk671/
Luzke671/
Lisck671/
Lishk671/
Lausx671/
Luchk671/

Lusk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lusk in the Russian language
Лускlusk-

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Lusk Reference & Research

Lusk DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Leask FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Lusk FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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