Dukes (surname)
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Dukes is a patronymic form of the surname Duke
that originated in medieval England, of Anglo-Norman
origin. 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
. It is an uncommon name; the 2000 United States Census showed it to be the 1577th most popular surname, while the United Kingdom Census of that same year showed it to be the 3928th most popular.
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Duke (surname)
Duke is a surname , for which there are two possible origins.-Etymology:The first is that the surname Duke and its variant, Dukes, are both derived from the various Middle English words duc, duk, and douc, which all came from the Old French word "duc." This ultimately stemmed from the Latin dux,...
that originated in medieval England, of Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
origin. 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
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...
. It is an uncommon name; the 2000 United States Census showed it to be the 1577th most popular surname, while the United Kingdom Census of that same year showed it to be the 3928th most popular.
Earliest usage
The earliest recorded uses of the surname include:- Ralph or Radulphus Dux in 1199, BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, - Arnold de Dukes in 1200, CambridgeshireCambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, - Henry or Henricus Dukes in 1214, WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
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People with the surname Dukes
Athletes- Chad Dukes (American football), former NFL and Arena Football player
- Derrick DukesDerrick DukesDerrick Dukes is an American professional wrestler best known for his stint in the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980s as one half of the tag team The Top Guns with Ricky Rice. The team was originally made up off Rice and Jon Paul DeMans...
, African-American wrestler - Elijah DukesElijah DukesElijah David Dukes, Jr. is an American professional baseball player. A right-handed outfielder, he currently plays for the Newark Bears.-High school years:...
, African-American baseball player - Gordon DukesGordon DukesGordon Dukes was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kobe, Japan and died in Barcelona, Spain....
(1888–1966), American track and field athlete - Jamie DukesJamie DukesJamie Donnell Dukes is a former offensive lineman who played 10 seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, and Arizona Cardinals, of the National Football League. He played college football at Florida State...
, former professional football player and NFL NetworkNFL NetworkNFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...
analyst - Mike DukesMike DukesMichael Francis Dukes was an American collegiate and professional football player who was best known as a linebacker for the original Houston Oilers. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Dukes attended Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia and then played in college for Clemson University...
(1936–2008), American football player - Tom DukesTom DukesThomas Earl Dukes is a retired professional baseball player who played 6 seasons for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, and California Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:...
, former American baseball player - Walter DukesWalter DukesWalter F. Dukes was a center for the New York Knickerbockers , Minneapolis Lakers and Detroit Pistons ....
(1930–2001), African-American basketball player
Artists and performers
- Ashley DukesAshley DukesAshley Dukes was an English playwright, critic, and theatre manager.In 1933, he founded the Mercury Theatre of London and wrote plays that appeared in the London West End and on Broadway...
(1885–1959), English playwright - David DukesDavid DukesDavid Coleman Dukes was an American character actor.-Life:Dukes was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a highway patrolman...
(1945–2000), American stage and TV actor - Joanna DukesJoanna DukesJoanna Dukes is an English actress, perhaps best known as Toni 'Tiddler' Tildesley in Press Gang, the pint-sized junior high school girl that delivered many mature witty punchlines for comedic value....
, English actress - Kevin DukesKevin DukesKevin Dukes is an American guitarist, born in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1956.A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Kevin attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s...
, American guitarist - Rob DukesRob DukesRob Dukes is the current vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill-Early life:...
, lead singer for American metal band ExodusExodus (band)Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in Richmond, California. Spanning a career of over 30 years, Exodus has gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. Guitarist Gary Holt remains the only constant member of the band,... - Carol Muske-DukesCarol Muske-DukesCarol Muske-Dukes is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the current poet laureate of California. Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow , chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.-Life:She...
, American author and poet - Daragh Dukes, musician and producer of Irish rock band Headgear
Other people
- Alan DukesAlan DukesAlan Dukes is a former Irish politician who served as leader of the Fine Gael political party and Teachta Dála for Kildare and Kildare South. He holds the distinction of being one of only five TDs to be appointed Minister on their first day in the Dáil. He lost his seat in the 2002 general election...
, Irish politician - Chad Dukes (radio personality)Chad Dukes (radio personality)Chad Dukes is a radio personality co-host of the "The LaVar Arrington show with Chad Dukes" and formerly a co-host of the Big O and Dukes Show on WJFK-FM in Washington, D.C.-Early life:...
, co-host of the Big O and Dukes Show - Cuthbert DukesCuthbert DukesCuthbert Esquire Dukes, M.D. OBE was an English physician and pathologist and author for whom the Dukes classification for colorectal cancer is named....
(1890–1977), English pathologist - Leopold DukesLeopold DukesLeopold Dukes was a Hungarian critic of Jewish literature.-Biography:Dukes spent about 20 years in England, and from his researches in the Bodleian library and the British Museum Dukes was able to complete the work of Leopold Zunz...
(1810–1891), Hungarian historian of Jewish literature - Sir Paul Dukes (1889–1967), English MI6 officer and journalist
- Ramsey Dukes, pseudonym of occultist Lionel Snell
Fictional characters
- Fred J. Dukes, Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
supervillain - Oliver DukesTrouble in the GlenTrouble in the Glen is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles and Forrest Tucker...
, the primary antagonist in Maurice WalshMaurice WalshMaurice Walsh was an Irish novelist best known for the short story The Quiet Man which was later made into an Oscar nominated movie directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Walsh was born in 1879 in Ballydonoghue near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland...
's 1950 novel Trouble in the Glen and 1954 film adaptation - Tommy DukesLady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy with assistance from Pino Orioli; it could not be published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960...
, an intellectual character in D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy with assistance from Pino Orioli; it could not be published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960...