Shook Surname
Approximately 21,446 people bear this surname
Shook Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,659 | 1:17,545 | 2,221 |
| Canada | 322 | 1:114,427 | 12,178 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Iran | 75 | 1:1,023,767 | 46,913 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,824 | 1:13,133 | 1,688 |
Shook (1,325) may also be a first name.
Shook Demographics
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Shook Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shook Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shook (Arabic: هز, Russian: Шоок) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shook? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,152nd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 339,809 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Shook live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 215,847th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 1,325 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 20,659 people, or 1 in 17,545. In The United States Shook is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.
Shook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shook has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shook surname grew 540 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shook Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shook surname are 23.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.22% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shook earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.96% less than the national average, earning $40,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.22% more than the national average, earning $49,791 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shook Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shook in the Russian language | ||
| Шоок | sook | - |
| Shook in the Arabic language | ||
| هز | hz | - |
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Shook Reference & Research
Shook DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Shook FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shook
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis