Žuk Surname
Approximately 597 people bear this surname
Žuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 494 | 1:6,143 | 1,052 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
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 surname Žuk is carried by more people in Lithuania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Zuk, Żuk or Žūk. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Žuk? popularity and diffusion
Žuk is the 538,780th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žuk live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Žuk is most common in Lithuania, where it is carried by 494 people, or 1 in 6,143. In Lithuania Žuk is primarily concentrated in: Vilnius County, where 49 percent reside, Šiauliai County, where 30 percent reside and Kaunas County, where 16 percent reside. Barring Lithuania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 8 percent reside and Croatia, where 4 percent reside.
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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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