Jukes
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jukes is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: patronymic from a short form of a Celtic personal name. Old Breton ludicael (see Jewell).
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 45K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 62K
- USUnited States1 in 483K
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Meaning & origin●
patronymic from a short form of a Celtic personal name. Old Breton ludicael (see Jewell).
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 5,489 | 45% |
| GB United Kingdom | 4,260 | 35% |
| AU Australia | 1,077 | 9% |
| CA Canada | 314 | 3% |
| ES Spain | 114 | 1% |
≈11,254 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English12K95%
- Spanish2162%
- German651%
- French511%
- Arabic351%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 11,635 | 95% |
| Spanish | 216 | 2% |
| German | 65 | 1% |
| French | 51 | 1% |
| Arabic | 35 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Francis Jukesb. 1745GBBritish engraver (1745–1812)
- Joseph Beete Jukesb. 1811GBBritish geologist (1811–1869)
- Bill Jukesb. 1883GBEnglish rugby league footballer
- Hamilton Jukesb. 1895CABritish ice hockey player (1895–1951)
- Thomas Jukesb. 1906GBAmerican scientist (1906–1999)
- Norman Jukesb. 1932GBEnglish association football player (born 1932)
- Mavis Jukesb. 1947USAmerican children's writer
- Kyler Jukesb. 1979CACanadian football player
- Chelsey Jukesb. 1997GBEnglish footballer
- Amy Jukesb. 1998GBbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 590 | #37,691 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 581 | #40,598 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 515 | #40,083 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 26 | #71,386 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 26 | #69,549 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 19 | #50,745 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 7 | #79,838 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #232,963 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #182,715 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 11 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Jukes?
- Our records include 11,254 bearers of Jukes across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Jukes have the most bearers?
- Jukes is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Jukes mean?
- Recorded meaning: patronymic from a short form of a Celtic personal name. Old Breton ludicael (see Jewell).
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jukes”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.