Puk Surname
Approximately 30,030 people bear this surname
Puk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 22,722 | 1:502 | 101 |
| Poland | 2,255 | 1:16,855 | 2,481 |
| Cambodia | 1,825 | 1:8,486 | 885 |
| Netherlands | 815 | 1:20,720 | 3,270 |
| Papua New Guinea | 510 | 1:15,988 | 1,567 |
| Kenya | 404 | 1:114,307 | 9,708 |
| United States | 263 | 1:1,378,171 | 95,481 |
| Ukraine | 227 | 1:200,541 | 27,123 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| Russia | 159 | 1:906,434 | 71,932 |
| Czechia | 68 | 1:156,375 | 24,047 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Slovakia | 57 | 1:93,622 | 17,991 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Puk (2,750) may also be a first name.
Puk Demographics
Average Puk Salary in
United States
$50,725 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Puk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puk (Hindi: पुक, Oriya: ପୁକ, Russian: Пук, Tibetan: པུག་) has its highest incidence in South Sudan. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Puk? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,360th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 242,676 people. Puk is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Puk live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 139,374th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 2,750 people.
The surname is most frequently used in South Sudan, where it is held by 22,722 people, or 1 in 502. Beside South Sudan it occurs in 70 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 8 percent live and Cambodia, where 6 percent live.
Puk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Puk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Puk surname rose 1,879 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Puk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Puk last name is principally Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Puk surname are 9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.77% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Puk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.36% more than the national average, earning R 452,364 per year; in United States they earn 17.56% more than the national average, earning $50,725 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $55,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauk | 86 | 10,667 | / |
| Pouk | 86 | 5,312 | / |
| Puke | 86 | 2,112 | / |
| Puck | 86 | 1,950 | / |
| Pukh | 86 | 1,949 | / |
| Pukk | 86 | 1,050 | / |
| Phuk | 86 | 935 | / |
| Puik | 86 | 266 | / |
| Puhk | 86 | 163 | / |
| Puyk | 86 | 111 | / |
| Putk | 86 | 42 | / |
| Peuk | 86 | 27 | / |
| Pukt | 86 | 21 | / |
| Bpuk | 86 | 10 | / |
| Pukc | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pukq | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pugk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Puuk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pukė | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pauck | 75 | 434 | / |
| Poukh | 75 | 422 | / |
| Puijk | 75 | 394 | / |
| Phuke | 75 | 188 | / |
| Pauke | 75 | 177 | / |
| Phauk | 75 | 89 | / |
| Peuke | 75 | 76 | / |
| Pouke | 75 | 55 | / |
| Pucke | 75 | 49 | / |
| Paukh | 75 | 36 | / |
| Puhke | 75 | 31 | / |
| Pukke | 75 | 26 | / |
| Phouk | 75 | 17 | / |
| Puidk | 75 | 16 | / |
| Pfauk | 75 | 11 | / |
| Pouck | 75 | 7 | / |
| Puike | 75 | 6 | / |
| Peuck | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pukhe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pheuk | 75 | 3 | / |
| Paukš | 75 | 3 | / |
| Puyck | 75 | 2 | / |
| Phugk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pahuk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pausk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hpuck | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puyke | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puchk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pauhk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pusck | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pukqk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pgukg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phuck | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pauks | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puszk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puuke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puttk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pautk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pousk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pouks | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puick | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pauzk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Puckt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pusks | 75 | 0 | / |
| Puhck | 75 | 0 | / |
| Puisk | 75 | 0 | / |
| Puc | 67 | 29,302 | / |
| Pok | 67 | 24,603 | / |
| Pók | 67 | 495 | / |
| Paucke | 67 | 250 | / |
| Pux | 67 | 222 | / |
| Pukova | 67 | 218 | / |
| Pug | 67 | 143 | / |
| Puková | 67 | 131 | / |
| Pautke | 67 | 70 | / |
| Poucke | 67 | 35 | / |
| Puttke | 67 | 15 | / |
| Puq | 67 | 7 | / |
| Puszke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Paukss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Puiske | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pucktt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauske | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phauke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pukowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poutke | 67 | 0 | / |
Puk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Puk in the Tibetan language | ||
| པུག་ | puk | - |
| Puk in the Oriya language | ||
| ପୁକ | puka | 92.16 |
| ପୂକ | puka | 5.88 |
| Puk in the Hindi language | ||
| पुक | puka | 70.59 |
| पूक | puka | 17.65 |
| पूके | puke | 5.88 |
| पुक्ता | pukta | 5.88 |
| Puk in the Russian language | ||
| Пук | puk | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Puk
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