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The Lukas surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,930 people carried this name — #8,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is down 6% from 4,175 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

620 people named Lukas have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 793 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 215
Opole 75
Łódź 73
Lower Silesian 59
Greater Poland 59
Pomeranian 37
West Pomeranian 33
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 21

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

196 people named Lukas live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 54
Aargau 33
St. Gallen 32
Basel-Landschaft 10
Vaud 10
Solothurn 9
Bern 8
Thurgau 8

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 81 people named Lukas.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Ardennes.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Ardennes 22
Moselle 12
Bas-Rhin 7
Marne 5
Oise 5
Vendée 3
Paris 2
Aisne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

48 people named Lukas is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 48

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

Lukas in American newspapers,
1877–1901.

Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Lukas
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1901-03-19
Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Lukas
Der Wanderer 1877-03-24
Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Lukas
Der Wanderer 1877-02-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 35,912 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lukas,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Lukas
    Josef Lukas 1834–1878 · priest
  • Stanisław Lukas
    Stanisław Lukas 1855–1882 · historian
  • Julius Lukas
    Julius Lukas 1875–1959 · writer
  • Josef Lukas 1835–1917 · teacher
  • Herrmann Lukas 1848– · pedagogue
  • Gustav Lukas 1857–1926 · pedagogue

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Lukas.

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