Last Name DUKE

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Meaning	The son of Marmaduke, from nickname the Duke; also a nickname 'the Duke,' i.e. the leader.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Ugandan, Austrian, Nigerian, Hungarian

Rank	952 (2000 US census)	874 (1990 US census)

Count	33,745 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.36%, or 29480 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.93%, or 2676 total occurrences, as black,
0.53%, or 179 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 175 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.37%, or 462 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.28%, or 769 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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