JUKES
The surname Jukes is of English origin and is known to have been derived from the personal name Juke, a diminutive form of the common Christian name Julian. It is therefore believed to have arisen as a nickname for individuals bearing the given names Julian or Julius, and the suffix s in the modern form is a reduced rendering of the patronymic “son of”.
Variations in spelling have been recorded over centuries, including Duke, Jewke, Jewkes, Jock, Jockel, Joke, Jokes, Juke and Jukes, as well as other contemporary forms. Depending upon the particular spelling, the surname may also stem from the pre‑7th century Celtic personal name Judicael, meaning “bountiful lord”; the earliest surviving appearance of this name is as Judichel in the Domesday Book of 1086 for a location in Cambridgeshire.
The earliest recorded instance of the surname in England appears as John Jokes in the Subsidy Rolls of Staffordshire dated 1381. This notation was made during the reign of King Richard II of England, who was born in Bordeaux but bore the sobriquet “Richard of Bordeaux” whilst ruling from 1377 to 1399. The patronymic form Jokes is first documented in the latter half of the fourteenth century, and a later medieval name entry, Jukel de Vertheburc, survives in the 1182 register of a Gilbertine monastery in Lincolnshire.
Further evidence of the name is found in surviving church registers of the seventeenth century, for example Winifride Jukes, who married Thomas Mahon at St Margarets, Westminster on 28 January 1613, and Mary Jukes, who was christened at St Dunstans in the East, Stepney on 19 June 1696. These entries indicate the continued use of the surname within the Christian communities of England at that time.
In contemporary records, the surname Jukes is most geographically concentrated in the West Midlands region of England. This distribution reflects the historical migration patterns of families bearing the name and confirms the English origin of the surname along with its Christian cultural context.
Typical given names associated with the Jukes surname
Male
- Andrew
- Anthony
- Christopher
- David
- John
- Mark
- Michael
- Paul
- Peter
- Stephen
Female
- Carol
- Christine
- Deborah
- Elizabeth
- Emma
- Helen
- Margaret
- Mary
- Patricia
- Rebecca
- Sarah
- Susan
- Suzanne
- Victoria
- Wendy
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 4,727 people named Jukes in the UK. That makes it roughly the 1,993rd most common surname in Britain. Around 73 in a million people in Britain are named Jukes.
Surname type: From name of parent
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Famous people named Jukes
- Peter Jukes - Writer
- John Jukes - Roman Catholic bishop, prelate (1923 to 2011)
- Andrew Jukes - Surgeon (1774 to 1821)
- Norman Jukes - Football player
- Joseph Jukes - Geologist (1811 to 1869)
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