Duke

in Texas

There are 3,614 people with the last name "Duke" in Texas.

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Ranking in Texas

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Duke 607
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  1. is 603rd most common Durham
  2. is 604th most common Nava
  3. is 605th most common Kirk
  4. is 606th most common Bradshaw
  5. is 607th most common Duke
  6. is 608th most common Webster
  7. is 609th most common Moran
  8. is 610th most common Trujillo
  9. is 611th most common Beasley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Duke

John, James, David, Robert, William, Michael, Charles, Mary, Thomas, Billy



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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