Lusk Surname
Approximately 19,546 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,282 | 1:20,973 | 2,645 |
| Canada | 809 | 1:45,545 | 5,609 |
| Australia | 350 | 1:77,131 | 9,013 |
| Scotland | 271 | 1:19,756 | 2,310 |
| England | 171 | 1:325,837 | 24,140 |
| New Zealand | 162 | 1:27,953 | 4,881 |
| Czechia | 153 | 1:69,500 | 11,666 |
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| Israel | 60 | 1:142,627 | 15,171 |
| Northern Ireland | 38 | 1:48,554 | 4,148 |
| Austria | 36 | 1:236,540 | 28,356 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 88 | 1:50,339 | 4,237 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 190 | 1:19,701 | 1,978 |
| England | 88 | 1:276,993 | 19,333 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,046 | 1:16,487 | 2,095 |
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.
(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.’
(Polish, Ukranian) One who came from Luck, a city in medieval Volhynia, in Western Ukraine.
(Welsh.) A burning or searing. Gaelic, Loisg, to burn.
A location name in Dublin.
Lusk Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luske | 89 | 119 | / |
| Luisk | 89 | 77 | / |
| Lusck | 89 | 3 | / |
| Leusk | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lousk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Llusk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lushk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lusks | 89 | 0 | / |
| Lausk | 89 | 0 | / |
| Luszkz | 80 | 5 | / |
| Luissk | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lauske | 80 | 2 | / |
| Luscke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leuske | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ludske | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leusck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lisk | 75 | 9,379 | / |
| Losk | 75 | 232 | / |
| Lusc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lusq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lusková | 73 | 371 | / |
| Luskova | 73 | 107 | / |
| Luschke | 73 | 11 | / |
| Lauszke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lauschk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lauscke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leuscke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lauschke | 67 | 876 | / |
| Lushkova | 67 | 808 | / |
| Leuschke | 67 | 544 | / |
| Liesk | 67 | 164 | / |
| Lüske | 67 | 136 | / |
| Lyuskova | 67 | 93 | / |
| Leuskova | 67 | 28 | / |
| Liskh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hlusková | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hluskova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luczk | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luszkova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Losck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lutschke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loesk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Liszk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luzke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lishk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lausx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luchk | 67 | 1 | / |
Lusk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lusk in the Russian language | ||
| Луск | lusk | - |
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Lusk Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lusk
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