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
Average Shook Salary in
United States
$40,576 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shook Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shook Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shook (Arabic: هز, Russian: Шоок) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shook? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,152nd most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 339,809 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Shook reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 215,847th most common first name world-wide, borne by 1,325 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 20,659 people, or 1 in 17,545. In The United States Shook is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States it exists 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 incidence of Shook has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shook surname rose 540 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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 Republicans than The US average, with 70.22% 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