Žuk Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Žuk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Žuk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania4941:6,1431,052
Estonia461:28,7355,267
Croatia221:192,20923,417
Czechia211:506,35652,868
Slovakia111:485,13257,527
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532

The alternate forms: Zuk (4,096), Żuk (58) & Žūk (4) are calculated separately.

Žuk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Žuk is found most frequently in Lithuania. It may also occur in the variant forms: Zuk, Żuk or Žūk. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Žuk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Žuk is the 538,780th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,206,945 people. The surname Žuk is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žuk are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Lithuania, where it is carried by 494 people, or 1 in 6,143. In Lithuania Žuk is mostly concentrated in: Vilnius County, where 49 percent are found, Šiauliai County, where 30 percent are found and Kaunas County, where 16 percent are found. Besides Lithuania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 8 percent are found and Croatia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zuk894,096/
Żuk8958/
Žūk894/
Žuks865/
Suk6743,355/
Juk672,062/
Cuk671,360/
Žukova67287/
Žuková6732/
Žok6710/

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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 Žuk
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