What We Know About the Lukes Surname

Lukes is an English surname. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant of Luke (light)”.

• It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.
• Lukes ranked 16,509 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,740 people answering to the name.
• Smith also lists Luke.

Arms associated with the name

If a Lukes family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Want more than a summary? See the Lukes family name pack.