Gök Surname

5,531st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102,456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Gök Surname User-submission:

This is the Turkish word for 'sky'.

Gök Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey101,1191:77095
Germany6171:130,47915,889
Northern Cyprus4531:70434
Belgium1101:104,51515,788
Austria451:189,23224,045
Sweden441:223,79015,522
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Finland71:785,24338,644
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Gök Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is the Turkish word for 'sky'.

- romin

Gök Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gök (Bengali: গোক, Hindi: गोक, Marathi: गोक, Tibetan: གོག་) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gök? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gök is the 5,531st most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 71,129 people. The surname Gök occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Gök live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 101,119 people, or 1 in 770. In Turkey Gök is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live, Mersin Province, where 6 percent live and Adana Province, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.

Gök Last Name Statistics demography

Gök earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning 362,812 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göck86178/
Gökh861/
Göcks7595/
Gög67450/
Gökova67414/
Göc6739/
Göx6733/
Göhcke6717/
Gäk678/
Gökowa671/
Goek57171/
Gögh57101/
Gäck5784/
Gaek5784/
Göcs5743/
Gäke5716/
Gögg5713/
Goeck5086/
Gaeck507/
Gäcke502/
Goegk501/

Gök Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gök in the Tibetan language
གོག་gok-
Gök in the Bengali language
গোকgoka-
Gök in the Hindi language
गोकgoka-
Gök in the Marathi language
गोकgoka-

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