The English surname Lucas, also found in France and Spain, is derived from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) meaning “man from Lucania.” Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning “bright, or shining.” The name is first recorded in 13th Century documents when Lucas de Luke was recorded in the Pipe Rolls of the city of London in 1274. The name is recorded in the New World in 1627 when Lucas Lucas arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Today there are approximately 100,000 bearers of the name Lucas living in the US.

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