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Meaning of the nameLukas

Lukas is a spelling of the name Lucas, which means “probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”.

Meaning

“probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”

Meaning of the name Lucas, of which Lukas is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Luke · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucas

People (2022)
6,496
Rank in Brazil
#2,285
Median age
13 years
2010 Census
2,682
people

Lukas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lukas, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (2,573 people).

43 women 6,453 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lukas is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lukas in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Mato Grosso 0.005%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.005%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%
  4. Paraná 0.004%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,5380.004%
Rio de Janeiro7190.005%
Minas Gerais6070.003%
Rio Grande do Sul4880.005%
Paraná4730.004%
Santa Catarina2470.003%
Goiás2470.004%
Pernambuco2420.003%
Bahia2330.002%
Pará1970.002%
Mato Grosso1690.005%
Paraíba1400.004%
Ceará1350.002%
Maranhão1310.002%
Distrito Federal1160.004%
Espírito Santo1150.003%
Amazonas1050.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul1050.004%
Piauí780.002%
Rio Grande do Norte770.002%
Rondônia750.005%
Alagoas660.002%
Tocantins590.004%
Sergipe500.002%
Roraima330.005%
Acre260.003%
Amapá250.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Lukas

It swaps the C for a K, as in the German, Scandinavian and Dutch forms cited by Behind the Name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Lucas.

About the name Lucas

Wiktionary traces Lucas from Old Portuguese Lucas, Latin Lūcās and Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), the name of the New Testament evangelist. Behind the Name says that Loukâs is probably a shortened form of Loukanós, 'from Lucania', and allows as an alternative a link with Latin Lucius. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), also speaks of an apparent origin in a shortened form of Loukanós. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,341,525 people named Lucas, with a median age of 20.

Other spellings of Lucas

SpellingPeople (2022)
Lucas1,341,525
Lukas6,496
Luccas6,229

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Lucas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Luke · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Lukas · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Lukas

What does the name Lukas mean?

Lukas means “probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Lucas, of which Lukas is a spelling.

How many people are named Lukas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,496 people with the first name Lukas, which ranks it number 2,285 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Lukas a boy's or a girl's name?

Lukas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 43 women and 6,453 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lukas?

Lukas is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lukas most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.005% of the state's population is named Lukas (169 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lukas?

Lucas and Luccas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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