Puk Surname

18,360th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Puk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan22,7221:502101
Poland2,2551:16,8552,481
Cambodia1,8251:8,486885
Netherlands8151:20,7203,270
Papua New Guinea5101:15,9881,567
Kenya4041:114,3079,708
United States2631:1,378,17195,481
Ukraine2271:200,54127,123
Hong Kong1691:43,405774
Russia1591:906,43471,932
Czechia681:156,37524,047
Canada661:558,26746,632
Slovakia571:93,62217,991
Germany541:1,490,84290,195
Indonesia511:2,593,121151,846
England471:1,185,49155,443
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Belarus161:593,81652,198
Estonia121:110,15019,471
India121:63,922,115578,870
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
France61:11,070,454349,096
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Brunei21:209,3663,098
China21:683,660,78330,601
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Belize11:355,4743,977
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Puk (2,750) may also be a first name.

Puk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Puk (Hindi: पुक, Oriya: ପୁକ, Russian: Пук, Tibetan: པུག་) has its highest incidence in South Sudan. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Puk is the 18,360th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,676 people. The last name 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. Puk is also the 139,374th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 2,750 people.

This last name is most common in South Sudan, where it is carried by 22,722 people, or 1 in 502. Beside South Sudan Puk is found in 70 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 8 percent are found and Cambodia, where 6 percent are found.

Puk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Puk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Puk last name grew 1,879 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Puk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the 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 holding the Puk surname are 9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.77% registered to vote for the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pauk8610,667/
Pouk865,312/
Puke862,112/
Puck861,950/
Pukh861,949/
Pukk861,050/
Phuk86935/
Puik86266/
Puhk86163/
Puyk86111/
Putk8642/
Peuk8627/
Pukt8621/
Bpuk8610/
Pukc862/
Pukq862/
Pugk861/
Puuk861/
Pukė861/
Pauck75434/
Poukh75422/
Puijk75394/
Phuke75188/
Pauke75177/
Phauk7589/
Peuke7576/
Pouke7555/
Pucke7549/
Paukh7536/
Puhke7531/
Pukke7526/
Phouk7517/
Puidk7516/
Pfauk7511/
Pouck757/
Puike756/
Peuck755/
Pukhe753/
Pheuk753/
Paukš753/
Puyck752/
Phugk752/
Pahuk752/
Pausk752/
Hpuck752/
Puyke752/
Puchk751/
Pauhk751/
Pusck751/
Pukqk751/
Pgukg751/
Phuck751/
Pauks751/
Puszk751/
Puuke751/
Puttk751/
Pautk751/
Pousk751/
Pouks751/
Puick751/
Pauzk751/
Puckt750/
Pusks750/
Puhck750/
Puisk750/
Puc6729,302/
Pok6724,603/
Pók67495/
Paucke67250/
Pux67222/
Pukova67218/
Pug67143/
Puková67131/
Pautke6770/
Poucke6735/
Puttke6715/
Puq677/
Puszke676/
Paukss673/
Puiske671/
Pucktt671/
Pauske671/
Phauke671/
Pukowa671/
Poutke670/

Puk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puk in the Tibetan language
པུག་puk-
Puk in the Oriya language
ପୁକpuka92.16
ପୂକpuka5.88
Puk in the Hindi language
पुकpuka70.59
पूकpuka17.65
पूकेpuke5.88
पुक्ताpukta5.88
Puk in the Russian language
Пукpuk-

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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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