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Duke

in California

There are 1,995 people with the last name "Duke" in California.

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Duke 1,417
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  1. is 1,413th most common Vogel
  2. is 1,414th most common Rowland
  3. is 1,415th most common Good
  4. is 1,416th most common Maloney
  5. is 1,417th most common Duke
  6. is 1,418th most common Apodaca
  7. is 1,419th most common Bentley
  8. is 1,420th most common Vidal
  9. is 1,421st most common Amezcua

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dukes, Dyke, Dice, Dake, Dike, Dacey, Ducey, Doke, Dace, Dukeman

Most Common First Names for Duke

David, James, Michael, William, John, Robert, Daniel, Steven, Charles

Meaning & History

English and Irish: from Middle English duk(e) ‘duke’ (from Old French duc, from Latin dux, genitive ducis ‘leader’), applied as an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke, or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.

English and Irish: possibly also from the personal name Duke, a short form of Marmaduke, a personal name said to be from Irish mael Maedoc ‘devotee (mael, maol ‘bald’, ‘tonsured one’) of Maedoc’, a personal name (M’Aodhóg) meaning ‘my little Aodh’, borne by various early Irish saints, in particular a 6th-century abbot of Clonmore and a 7th-century bishop of Ferns.

Scottish: compare the old Danish personal name Duk (Old Norse Dūkr).

In some cases, possibly an Americanized form of French Leduc or Spanish Duque.

Possibly an Americanized spelling of Polish Duk, a nickname from dukac ‘to stammer or falter’.

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David Duke, CA (9 searches)
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