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Etymology of Leuck

What does the name Leuck mean?

The origin of the distinguished Leuck family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Finland. The surname Leuck is derived from the Finnish name Lauk, a form of the personal name Luke. This name is ultimately derived from the Greek name Loucas, which literally means man from Lucania, referring to a region in southern Italy. The popularity of the name during the medieval era is attributable to the fame of St. Luke the Evangelist, the patron saint of doctors and artists. The Finnish suffixes -anen, -ainen, -inen, -oinen, and -onen mean son of or descendant of.

Leuck migration to the United States +



Leuck Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • George Leuck, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1837 1
  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)

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