Dukes (surname)
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| Dukes | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | derived from Son or Descendant of Duke, meaning Leader |
| Region of origin | England |
| Related names | Duke, Dukeson |
| Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons: [1] | |
Dukes is a patronymic form of the surname Duke that originated in medieval England, of Anglo-Norman origin.[2] The meaning is derived from son or descendant of Duke, which was originally recorded le Duc, a term used to mean "leader" before it became associated with a specific rank of the nobility.[3] It is an uncommon name; the 2000 United States Census showed it to be the 1,577th most popular surname,[4] while the United Kingdom Census of that same year showed it to be the 1,749th most popular.[1]
Earliest usage
The earliest recorded uses of the surname include:
- Ralph or Radulphus Dux in 1199, Buckinghamshire,[5]
- Arnold de Dukes in 1200, Cambridgeshire,[6]
- Henry or Henricus Dukes in 1214, Warwickshire.[7]
People with the surname Dukes
- Athletes
- Chad Dukes (American football), former NFL and Arena Football player
- Derrick Dukes, African-American wrestler
- Elijah Dukes, African-American baseball player
- Gordon Dukes (1888–1966), American track and field athlete
- Jamie Dukes, former professional football player and NFL Network analyst
- Mike Dukes (1936–2008), American football player
- Tom Dukes, former American baseball player
- Walter Dukes (1930–2001), African-American basketball player
- Artists and performers
- Ashley Dukes (1885–1959), English playwright
- David Dukes (1945–2000), American stage and TV actor
- Joanna Dukes, English actress
- Kevin Dukes, American guitarist
- Rob Dukes, lead singer for American metal band Exodus
- Carol Muske-Dukes, American author and poet
- Daragh Dukes, musician and producer of Irish rock band Headgear
- Politicians
- Alan Dukes, Irish politician
- Bill J. Dukes, American politician
- Other people
- Chad Dukes (radio personality), co-host of the Big O and Dukes Show
- Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), English pathologist
- Leopold Dukes (1810–1891), Hungarian historian of Jewish literature
- Sir Paul Dukes (1889–1967), English MI6 officer and journalist
- Paul Dukes (1934- ), historian at University of Aberdeen
- Ramsey Dukes, pseudonym of occultist Lionel Snell
- Fictional characters
- Fred J. Dukes, Marvel Comics supervillain
- Oliver Dukes, the primary antagonist in Maurice Walsh's 1950 novel Trouble in the Glen and 1954 film adaptation
- Tommy Dukes, an intellectual character in D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved 21 January 2014
- ↑ http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/frames.htm
- ↑ http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/frames.htm
- ↑ http://www.namenum.com/index.php?page=surname&name=DUKES
- ↑ http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/frames.htm
- ↑ http://www.martinstown.co.uk/WEBSITE/DUKE/history3.htm
- ↑ http:happywarrior.org/genealogy/duke/dukes01.doc, sourced from the Curia Regis Rolls of Warwickshire
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