The Luca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,837 people carried this name — #15,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,711 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,150 people named Luca 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 377 people named Luca 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 West Flanders.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 252 people named Luca.
95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Corsica.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
243 people named Luca live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
102 people named Luca 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
Luca in American newspapers,
1897–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 591,874 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Luca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Minodora-Susana Luca d. 2018 · politician
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Vincenzo Luca 1782–1810 · criminal
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Olmstead Luca 1826–1869 · composer
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Laurean Luca 1857–1919 · priest
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Pasquale de Luca 1865– · writer
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Hendrik Luca 1878–1953 · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Luca.
- 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
- Luc 2,636 · 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
- Lucchesi 2,207 · U.S. census
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