The Luckett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,790 people carried this name — #4,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,254 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Luckett surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Luckett» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Matilda Luket, Yorkshire, 1418 — Surtees Society Publications.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 499 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Luckett was found among the farmers of Oxfordshire: 28 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 map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Oxfordshire 28

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

Luckett in American newspapers,
1868–1922.

Newspaper page from Albuquerque Morning Journal carrying the name Luckett
Albuquerque Morning Journal 1922-11-28
Newspaper page from Daily Tobacco Leaf-chronicle carrying the name Luckett
Daily Tobacco Leaf-chronicle 1890-11-15
Newspaper page from Nashville Union And Dispatch carrying the name Luckett
Nashville Union And Dispatch 1868-06-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Luckett in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

1,540 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Luckett. The most, 373, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 756
New South Wales 468
South Australia 208
Victoria 69
Northern Territory 17
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 6
Western Australia 5

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

Who carried it

People named Luckett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edith Luckett Davis
    Edith Luckett Davis 1888–1987 · actor
  • Dexter Luckett d. 2010
  • Samuel C. Luckett 1807–1893 · merchant
  • Dudley G. Luckett 1928–2020 · economist

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 Luckett,
in the records of 4 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 States370 records

370 records of the Luckett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 208
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 106
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Philip A. Luckett

    Born 1925 in Connecticut. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; messenger from Nassau County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 James Sawyer Luckett

    Born 1941; from Columbus, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, 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 John Luckett

    Arrived at New York in 1835 aboard the Westminster from London, aged 38; farmer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 370 records for Luckett 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

Australia41 records

41 records of the Luckett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 28
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Luckett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Boomerang, aged 25; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jack George Edwin Luckett

    Truck driver of Brighton East, Victoria; died 1999.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Terry Luckett

    Born 1924, died 1998; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 41 records for Luckett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Luckett name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isabella Jane Luckett

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 98.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Frank Luckett

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alice Luckett

    Died 1935 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Luckett in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Luckett name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 4
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Luckett

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

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

    Durham Light Infantry. 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 E. F. Luckett

    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 5 records for Luckett in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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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