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Early Origins of the Luca family

The surname Luca was first found in Andalusia, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Luca family

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Luca Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lucena, Lucenas, Lucen, Luca and others.

Early Notables of the Luca family

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United States Luca migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Luca Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Pedro Luis Luca, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 1
  • Mr. J. Luca, (b. 1821), aged 27, Cornish mechanic departing from Penzance aboard the ship "Mountaineer" arriving in the United States on 29th May 1848 2
  • Miguel Luca, who arrived in Columbia in 1888 1
  • Anna Luca, aged 24, who landed in America, in 1892
Luca Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Anna Luca, aged 3, who settled in America from Saponara, in 1906
  • Andrea Luca, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from S Gregono, Italy, in 1907
  • Angela Luca, aged 20, who landed in America from Gesso, Italy, in 1911
  • Agata Luca, aged 6, who settled in America from Catania, Sicily, in 1911
  • Alberto Luca, aged 40, who landed in America from Gualtieri, Italy, in 1911
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Luca (post 1700) +

  • Michael De Luca, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940 3
  • Mimika Luca (1937-2023), Albanian actress and dancer
  • Gian Luca Mazzella, Italian wine critic, journalist and documentarian
  • Luca Abadelli, Italian competitor in the 4x100m relay at the Italian junior athletics championships 2023
  • Luca Ghiotto (b. 1995), Italian racing driver at the 2024 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition
  • Luca Marini (b. 1997), Italian motorcycle racer
  • Luca Brecel (b. 1995), Belgian professional snooker player, four-time ranking event winner, World Snooker Champion in 2023
  • Luca Serianni (1947-2022), Italian linguist and philologist
  • Luca Caracciolo, Italian researcher with the Department of Geology FAU-Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • Luca Turin (b. 1953), Lebanese biophysicist and writer with a long-standing interest in bioelectronics, the sense of smell, perfumery, and the fragrance industry


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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