Duck is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.
Most likely Le Duc, 'the duke,' as written in Hundred Rolls.
Lastname is variation of the Digg. See Digory - The personal name, whence probably the modifications Digg, Digges, Diggins, Digginson; though these may perhaps be from Dick and Richard.
The variant form of Diggs. Descendant of Digg, a pet form of Richard meaning "rule, hard".
Duck is a variant form of Dux. In Latin means "a leader"; the same as Duke.
How popular is Duck?
Duck is common in United States, Australia, England, Canada, Paraguay, Brazil, Israel, Germany, Egypt, Mexico.
Duck is ranked 42402 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Duck bearers increased by 6.58 per cent in 2010 US census to 4521 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 7367. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
Race | 2010 | 2000 |
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White | 77.28 | 80.17 |
Black | 15.9 | 14.88 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2.48 | 1.74 |
Others | 2.01 | 1.44 |
Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 1.46 | 0.8 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.86 | 0.97 |
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Immigrants to US
From Ireland
Catharine Duck was 23 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 14, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as spinster and took Shakespeare from Liverpool. Thomas Duck (35) Workman, 20 years old Catherine Duck, 20 years old Alice Duck, Ethan Duck (19) Immigrant, Maid Ann Duck, Edw. Duck (16) Immigrant, 18 years old Ellen Duck, 28 years old James Duck, and 1 other Duck around 42.86% of whom were servant migrated to US.
From Germany
Joseph Duck hailed from Baden. 21 years old embarked for New York from Havre on J Greenman and arrived on December 21, 1854. Cigar maker Jacob-Bernh. Duck, Laborer Auguste Duck, 19 years old Jacob Duck, Bernard-H. Duck (17), Catharina Duck, Elisabeth Duck (9), Henri Duck, aged 12, Constantia Duck, aged 30, and 26 other Duck around 33.33% of whom were laborer while others worked as merchant and farmer migrated to US.
Duck Namesakes
- Stephen Duck, Duck was born at Charlton, near Pewsey
- Emma Duck, British international track athlete
- Andrew J. Duck, Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district
- Galapagos Duck, Australian jazz band
- Jenny Duck, former field hockey player from New Zealand,
Duck Namesakes
- Stephen Duck, Duck was born at Charlton, near Pewsey
- Emma Duck, British international track athlete
- Andrew J. Duck, Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district
- Galapagos Duck, Australian jazz band
- Jenny Duck, former field hockey player from New Zealand,