Flook Surname

165,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Flook Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Floecke; a personal name.

Flook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2591:287,89426,766
England8051:69,2157,996
Canada1731:212,98020,593
Wales1271:24,3662,557
Australia631:428,50333,982
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
New Zealand41:1,132,08147,619
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6001:40,6265,152
Wales461:34,0961,856
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

Flook Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Danish, Floecke; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Flooks, or Flucks, are probably descended from a family of Fluck that lived at the Oak, Deerhurst, 200 years ago (Bigl.), in which locality the Flucks yet remain.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Flook Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Flook Come From? nationality or country of origin

Flook occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flook? popularity and diffusion

The last name Flook is the 165,194th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,778,325 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Flook are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,259 people, or 1 in 287,894. In The United States Flook is most frequent in: Maryland, where 23 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 21 percent are found and Indiana, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Flook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flook has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Flook last name expanded 430 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 276 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flook Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Flook last name is primarily Baptist (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Flook surname are 31.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.99% being registered with the party.

The amount Flook earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.37% less than the national average, earning R 153,576 per year; in United States they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $43,047 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.72% less than the national average, earning $47,338 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Flooke910/
Flok89270/
Flookss831/
Flock805,051/
Floke806/
Flouk802/
Fleok802/
Vlook801/
Floek801/
Floog801/
Fliok800/
Flocke73555/
Pflock73320/
Floukh7373/
Flouck735/
Flochk731/
Floick731/
Flotke731/
Fleock730/
Flouke730/
Flak679,884/
Floc67364/
Fluk67287/
Flox67213/
Floková6783/
Flog6742/
Flokova6725/
Pflocks6715/
Fellouk671/
Flük671/
Fellock671/
Flottke671/
Flogova671/
Fillock670/

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