The Dukes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,187 people carried this name — #1,622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 20,870 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dukes surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Marmaduke’.

His entry covers Dukes and Dukeson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 256 · public domain.

In print

Dukes in American newspapers,
1883.

Newspaper page from Helena Weekly Herald carrying the name Dukes
Helena Weekly Herald 1883-06-21
Newspaper page from The Daily Enterprise carrying the name Dukes
The Daily Enterprise 1883-06-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 143,420 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dukes in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

4,097 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dukes. The most, 992, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,613
Queensland 1,127
Victoria 589
Western Australia 511
South Australia 134
ACT (Canberra) 51
Tasmania 51
Northern Territory 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dukes.

Who carried it

People named Dukes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Dukes
    Charles Dukes 1803–1865 · painter
  • Lipót Dukes
    Lipót Dukes 1810–1891 · writer
  • Floretta Dukes McKenzie d. 2015
  • Ignaz Dukes 1852–1915
  • Charlotte Dukes 1852–1932
  • Edith Mary Pope 1863–1898

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dukes,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,096 records

1,096 records of the Dukes name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 596
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 257
  • Other U.S. records 243
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph R. Dukes

    Born 1921 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Toledo, Ohio; warehouseman from Elkhart County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul Douglas Dukes

    Born 1950; from Minden, Louisiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Dukes

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Corinthian from Havre, aged 23; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,096 records for Dukes in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia147 records

147 records of the Dukes name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 91
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 24
  • Other Australian records 32
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Dukes

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Palmyra, sailing from Portsmouth in 1846. Native of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernest Dukes

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Ormuz, aged 32; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edgar W. Dukes

    Retired of Casterton, Victoria; died 1972.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 147 records for Dukes in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Dukes name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Go Dukes

    Came to Ontario in 1878 aboard the Polynesian, landing at Quebec, bound for King, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charlotte Letitia Dukes

    Died 1925 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harry Dukes

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Dukes in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands12 records

12 records of the Dukes name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register John Gerard Dukes

    In the population register of Liverpool (Gb); student, born 1907 in Liverpool (Gb).

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ernst Heinrich Dukes

    Married in 1832 in Amsterdam; "suikerraffinadeursknecht".

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Meentje Dukes

    Died 1923 in Hengelo.

    Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Hengelo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Dukes in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom9 records

9 records of the Dukes name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 7
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Catherine Eleanor Dukes

    Will proved in 1910; of Whitbourne, Hereford.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. G. Dukes

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Dukes

    Dragoons. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Dukes in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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