The Luc surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,636 people carried this name — #11,877 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 23% from 2,145 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,808 people named Luc.
85 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 88 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
1,801 people named Luc have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,985 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 190 people named Luc live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 113 people named Luc live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Luc live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Luc is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Luc in American newspapers,
1886–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 348,936 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Luc,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martine Luc-Thaler 1944– · lawyer -
Claude Luc 1510–1590 · poet
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Henry Luc 1855–1925 · physician
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Pierre Luc 1906–1990 · archivist
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František Luc 1911–1997
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Anne-Marie Soulac 1918–1983 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Luc.
- Lozzi 402 · U.S. census
- Lu 35,628 · U.S. census
- Lubert 337 · U.S. census
- Lubin 4,601 · U.S. census
- Lubrano 1,079 · U.S. census
- Luby 1,941 · U.S. census
- Luca 1,837 · U.S. census
- Lucarelli 1,949 · U.S. census
- Lucarini 210 · U.S. census
- Lucas 107,690 · U.S. census
- Lucca 938 · U.S. census
- Lucchese 795 · U.S. census
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