Luque

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Roth in DE Germany, AT Austria, CH Switzerland and 2 more, Luke in AU Australia, GB United Kingdom, IE Ireland and 1 more, Luka in GE Georgia, HR Croatia, SI Slovenia and 1 more and Los in US United States, CA Canada.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Luque is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan surname45K records spelled Luque5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Luqué, Ĺuque, Lüqüë

• English surname22K records spelled Luque12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Peru, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Lüqüe, Lûqüē, Luqûé, Luequê, Lueqūë

• a separate surname3.3K records spelled Luque2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Lúque

• Swedish surname321 records spelled Luque6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Peru, United States, Denmark

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Luqué

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 120 years between 1904–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• La Argentinab. 1890ESnot in their usual nameSpanish dancer and choreographer
• Dolf Luqueb. 1890CUCuban baseball player (1890–1957)
• María Teresa Campos Luqueb. 1941ESSpanish journalist, host, presenter, and writer (1941–2023)
• Leopoldo Jacinto Luqueb. 1949ARArgentine footballer (1949–2021)
• José Juan Luqueb. 1977ESSpanish football player
• Pastora Solerb. 1978ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
• Albert Luqueb. 1978ESSpanish footballer
• Pedro Luqueb. 1980UYUruguayan cinematographer (born 1980)
• Marc Crosasb. 1988ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
• Vicente Luqueb. 1991BRBrazilian mixed martial artist

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 230 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Luque?

We estimate roughly 2.6 million people bear Luque (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Luque have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.3 million people bear Luque in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled luca.

Where is Luque most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Luque is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 52 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Luque compared with other names?

In Slovenia, Luque is the 10th most common given name of 11,759 given names recorded there.

What does the name Luque mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name from Luque in Cordoba.