Find out how popular the last name Loucks is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Loucks.

Loucks, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Loucks surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Loucks in America

Loucks is the 6318th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Loucks surname appeared 5,403 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Loucks.

We can also compare 2010 data for Loucks to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Loucks

The surname Loucks has its origins in the Low German language and is derived from the word "lok," which means a lock of hair or a curl. This name likely originated in the regions of northern Germany or the Netherlands during the medieval period.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Bremisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of historical documents from the city of Bremen, Germany, dating back to the 13th century. The name appears as "Locke" and is believed to have been an occupational surname referring to someone who made or sold hair locks or wigs.

As the name spread across Europe, various spellings emerged, such as Locke, Locken, and Loucks. In England, the name Loucks first appeared in the Hundred Rolls of Oxfordshire in 1273, where it was recorded as "Lok."

Notable individuals with the surname Loucks throughout history include:

1. Peter Loucks (c. 1650-1720), a Dutch settler in New York who was one of the first European landowners in what is now Albany County.

2. John Loucks (1725-1806), a loyalist during the American Revolutionary War who served in the King's Royal Regiment of New York.

3. Sophia Loucks (1786-1864), a Canadian author and educator who published several books on history and geography.

4. Henry Loucks (1820-1893), a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1875.

5. Gerrit Loucks (1857-1932), a Dutch-American artist known for his landscape paintings and portraits, many of which depicted scenes from the Hudson Valley region.

The surname Loucks has also been associated with various place names, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany, where towns and villages such as Lockstedt, Lockhausen, and Lockweiler bear similar names derived from the same linguistic root.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Loucks

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Loucks.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Loucks was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Loucks has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Loucks was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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