Luce Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 3
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 218
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 17
Devon 8
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 56
Hampshire 9
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 8
Kent 14
Lancashire 51
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 6
London 35
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 8
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 2
Somerset 2
Surrey 12
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 13
Warwickshire 7
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 21
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Luce Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Luce family

Profession Census Frequency
School 64
Farmer 15
Private Means 14
Carpenter 8
No Occupation 7
Dressmaker 6
Farm Labourer 5
General Labourer 5
None 4
Clerk 4
Student 3
General Servant (domestic) 3
General Servant Domestic 3
Domestic Servant 2
Assistant 2
Assisting In Business 2
Auctioneer 2
Blacksmith 2
Domestic General Servant 2
Farmer's Sister Working On Farm 2
Farmer's Son Working On Farm 2
House Carpenter 2
Laundress 2
School Boy 2
Clergyman (established Church) 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Luce

Name Census Frequency
Mary Luce 334
John Luce 314
Elizabeth Luce 221
William Luce 206
Ann Luce 171
Thomas Luce 161
Jane Luce 159
George Luce 141
Philip Luce 129
Sarah Luce 122
Francis Luce 85
James Luce 83
Edward Luce 82
Charles Luce 73
Henry Luce 73
Margaret Luce 68
Eliza Luce 65
Alice Luce 51
Robert Luce 50
Louisa Luce 48
Richard Luce 47
Susan Luce 46
Florence Luce 44
Ada Luce 42
Esther Luce 40

Luce Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Luce 100% 4,663
2 Lace 75% 4,277
3 Leece 60% 2,595
4 Alice 60% 2,007
5 Elce 50% 510
6 Alce 50% 321
7 Lec 50% 199
8 Lucia 60% 196
9 Leace 60% 190
10 Lice 75% 170
11 Leice 60% 163
12 Luca 75% 124

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The surname Luce is the most popular version of all its varients

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