The Luck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,008 people carried this name — #5,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,940 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Luck surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From the given name Luke.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Luck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
301 people named Luck live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 292 people named Luck.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Luck 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 Misiones.
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 Poland’s population register
78 people named Luck have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 137 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
28 people named Luck 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).
Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s
Luck was found among the farmers of Kent: 12 in every 10,000.
Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.
Where it concentrates, on the mapPer 10,000 farmers, by county
H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.
In print
Luck in American newspapers,
1876–1888.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,412,821 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Luck.
- Lucido 1,896 · U.S. census
- Lucien 1,563 · U.S. census
- Lucier 2,897 · U.S. census
- Lucini 102 · U.S. census
- Lucio 9,780 · U.S. census
- Lucius 2,016 · U.S. census
- Luco 116 · U.S. census
- Lucot 147 · U.S. census
- Lucy 3,096 · U.S. census
- Luczak 1,394 · U.S. census
- Lude 210 · U.S. census
- Luder 167 · U.S. census
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