Lukeš

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/lukɛʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lukeš is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From the given name Luke.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.8K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 71K
  • HRCroatia1 in 103K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

2,839 people

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lukes in US United States, HR Croatia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Lukeš: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Lukeš
  1. LatinLūcās(inferred from the name graph)via Luke
  2. Koine GreekΛουκᾶςLoukâs(inferred from the name graph)via Luke

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

From the given name Luke.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lukeš counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lukeš is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia2,8391 in 3.8K2.8K——
US United States1,7401 in 191K1.7KLukes8
SK Slovakia771 in 71K77——
BR Brazil751 in 2.8M75——
HR Croatia411 in 103K41Lukes13
CH Switzerland361 in 233K36—2

2,839 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lukeš is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lukes̆, Lukes

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Lukes

  • English surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Spanish

    Also written Lukes, Luke'S, Lükës, Lukés

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Lukes

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Lukes

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Lukes

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Jan Lukeš, b. 1912František Lukeš, b. 1921Rudolf Lukeš, b. 1923Igor Lukeš, b. 1950Zdeněk Lukeš, b. 1954Julius Lukeš, b. 1963Ondřej Lukeš, b. 1973Michal Lukeš, b. 1975Martin Lukeš, b. 1978František Lukeš, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Lukeš,Dear Lukeš, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Lukeš,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Lukeš
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2.8K#369
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—2.8K#370
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—2.8K#370
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199577—

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lukeš mean, and where does it come from?
From the given name Luke. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
How do you pronounce Lukeš?
A machine transcription gives /lukɛʃ/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Lukeš have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Lukeš, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Lukeš most common?
Lukeš is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Lukeš?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2,839 people named Lukeš, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lukeš”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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