In a surface light source, a display apparatus having the surface light source and a liquid crystal display apparatus having the surface light source, the surface light source includes a body, a voltage supplying unit, a conductive body and a visible light generating part. The body includes a plurality of discharge portions. The voltage supplying unit is disposed on an outer surface of the body to generate an invisible light. The conductive body is disposed on an inner surface of the body corresponding to the voltage supplying unit. The visible light generating part is disposed in the discharge portions to generate a visible light based on the invisible light. Therefore, a luminance of the visible light is increased and uniformized. In addition, a start voltage of the surface light source is decreased so that a power consumption of the surface light source may be decreased.