Lucke

surname · Latin script

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

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

Lucke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: German surname, variant of Luck.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 223K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 123K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lucke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

Sources
229 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Luecke in GB United Kingdom, IE Ireland, CD Congo - Kinshasa and 1 more and Lücke in DE Germany.

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)

German surname, variant of Luck.

Sources 2

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lucke 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 Lucke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#792≈4,800 est.≈1 in 17K—Lücke102
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 55K—Luecke1
US United States—1,4891 in 223K1.5KLucke229
IT Italy—≈180 est.≈1 in 357K—Lucke4
GB United Kingdom—≈170 est.≈1 in 390K—Luecke53
NL Netherlands—1411 in 123K141Lucke14
IE Ireland—≈94 est.≈1 in 55K—Luecke5
BS Bahamas#176≈8 est.≈1 in 41K—Luecke2

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Lucke is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Lücke

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

    Also written Lücke, Lucké, Lūćkė, Lûcke, Lûčkē

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lücke, Lucké

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Lucké, Lücke

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Lücke

40 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lucke is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of luk

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Ferdinand Lucke, b. 1802Ernst Lucke, b. 1873Katharine Lucke, b. 1875Elmina R. Lucke, b. 1889Hans Lucke, b. 1892Willi Lucke, b. 1913Max-Hermann Lücke, b. 1920Jörg Lucke, b. 1942Karsten Lucke, b. 1974

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)

FormalDear Lucke,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Lucke
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.5K#18,529
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.5K#17,457
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.2K#22,285
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007141#14,278
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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 Lucke mean, and where does it come from?
German surname, variant of Luck. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Lucke?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫək/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Lucke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Lucke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lücke.
How common is the name Lucke?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,489 people named Lucke in 2010, about 1 in 223 thousand residents.
How common is Lucke compared with other names?
In Germany, Lucke is the 792nd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Lucke” — the 792nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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