Shuk Surname
Approximately 1,628 people bear this surname
Shuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 252 | 1:37,703 | 6,509 |
| Israel | 223 | 1:38,375 | 5,270 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Malaysia | 196 | 1:150,481 | 9,410 |
| Russia | 178 | 1:809,680 | 66,288 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Ukraine | 70 | 1:650,324 | 69,671 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
Shuk (8,822) may also be a first name.
Shuk Demographics
Average Shuk Salary in
United States
$51,235 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shuk (Bengali: শুক, Hindi: शुक, Marathi: शुक, Oriya: ଶୁକ, Russian: Шук) is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shuk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,645th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,476,380 people. The last name Shuk occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Shuk live; 27 percent live in Eastern Europe and 27 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 66,593rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 8,822 people.
The surname Shuk is most common in Belarus, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 37,703. In Belarus Shuk is primarily found in: Vitebsk Region, where 86 percent are found, Minsk, where 12 percent are found and Brest Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Belarus this surname is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 14 percent are found and Egypt, where 13 percent are found.
Shuk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shuk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shuk surname grew 188 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shuk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (80%) in Belarus.
In The United States those bearing the Shuk surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 41.18% registered to vote for the party.
Shuk earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.74% more than the national average, earning $51,235 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shuk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shuk in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶୁକ | suka | 98.82 |
| Shuk in the Marathi language | ||
| शुक | suka | 94.87 |
| शूक | suka | 5.13 |
| Shuk in the Bengali language | ||
| শুক | suka | 94.59 |
| সুকু | suku | 2.7 |
| শুক্ | suk | 2.7 |
| Shuk in the Hindi language | ||
| शुक | suka | 65.91 |
| शुक्ला | sukla | 11.93 |
| शुक् | suk | 9.66 |
| शुक्ल | sukla | 5.68 |
| सुख | sukha | 4.55 |
| शूक | suka | 1.7 |
| श्ुक | suka | 0.57 |
| Shuk in the Russian language | ||
| Шук | suk | - |
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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
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- 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 Shuk
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